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.

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[grant-p.livejournal.com]

Is that the on-line office suite? It works quite well for things that don't have one, like some PDAs and smartphones, but if you want a Mac-compatible office suite without MS2007, I still think Openoffice is a better deal, as you don't need an internet connection to use it. Supposedly the 3.0 release soon won't need any compatibility layer anymore like X11 to run, they're bundling it with the Mac installer.

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm looking at GoogleDocs more for work. We're having trouble with file transfer using OpenOffice and our course management software, and GoogleDocs might be better for that. But it'd have to be FERPA-compliant or we might as well stick to paper copies.

[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.