Tempted.

[dvandom]

I went to the campus computer store to check out the new Macs (my 6 year old iLamp is starting to get arthritic), and they have recertified 24" iMacs (2GB RAM, 280GHz, 250GB HD, IIRC) for $1399, the same price as the new 20" iMacs (roughly the same specs, but only 266GHz). They'll no doubt all be sold before my CDs mature, and even at "only" $1399 (plus tax and some software I'd want to add) that'd pretty much wipe my savings. So I get to wait.

OTOH, the salesman made a fairly good pitch for Google Docs, so I should give that another look soon.

Comments

[grant-p.livejournal.com]

Is the software Blackboard based? I just save everything as .doc or .ppt and it seems to work fine. Probably a different system, though. .odf may be the international standard but no one in this country uses it.

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

It's more a matter that students can upload to the instructor just fine, but downloading graded work back to the students is a PITA. FERPA interpretation forbids emailing graded work.