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| Thread ID: 35558 | 2003-07-15 21:55:00 | Laptops For Teachers | Gill (1530) | Press F1 |
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| 160135 | 2003-07-17 01:50:00 | desktop is a nice solution. they are cheaper, easier to maintain and upgrade and easier to use. being a laptop owner for 7yrs and have yet to own a desktop i find u have to get accessories for the laptop. the mouse and keyb. and times it may not be so user friendly to the student. if the classrooms have adequate PCs .. wired LAN or wireless is a solution. teachers going back home most should have a PC at home with a modem anyway... one of those keyrings are a great way to carry data around. with my laptops .. i have never travelled with it. not even taking it to the lounge. if i am downloading or making a CDR i visit the laptop momentarily within the advertisement break. battery does not last and when power savings kicks in the screen is def dimmer and regardless if u use that feature battey only last a 'amount' and u will need a AC adaptor to hog around. if i did travel to another location its generally take it on the plane then it sits on the desk at my new location for months and months until i take the plane back. personally i prefer a desktop PC (perhaps one at each location). and a PDA if I travel which is not related to work. |
nomad (3693) | ||
| 160136 | 2003-07-17 01:55:00 | laptop is a nice solution thou. given its portability but remember u need enof laptops for each teacher in concern. the most impt thing i guess is able to take to home and to work to use it while not messing around with 2 PCs doing the same work. being a teachers purpose one laptop can last a long time so get a reliable one without being needed to be upgraded. |
nomad (3693) | ||
| 160137 | 2003-07-18 09:18:00 | >GF, >Can u pls tell me where the two puters are located? I am considering Wireless LAN to share internet and files and the odd game . >Our situation is, two bedrooms that is not adjacent to each other but two rooms away from each other with both rooms with closed doors . >What is the type of wirelsss u using? 11 or 54 speed and what frequency? Saves us knocking holes via the wall . . Not sure whether this was directed to GF or to me, because I think I mentioned the WLAN . Sorry for a late response, but I have just alighted from my eigth plane since Sunday, meaning I have hardly been home . . . We had the PC and WAP in one room and the laptop in an adjoining room . That was fine . Then we moved the laptop to the far end of the house . That was also fine, but in a 1920's lath and plaster bungalow, this was pushing it and you had to make sure your body was not in a direct line of sight between the laptop and the room with the WAP! Then I shifted my office (including the desktop PC and WAP) out of the house into a Skyline office on the back section, with the laptop in a room separated from the outside by french doors . It still worked but the signal was very low and sometimes not at all . I consulted an expert and he made the valid point that trying to get a signal in and out of a tin box is a bit of a challenge . He sold me a larger version of the antennae that sticks up from the back of the WAP, and some cable . I have taken the cable through the wall of the office and mounted the antennae on the office's verandah post . I now transmit across the garden, through the french door wall, and across a reasonable size lounge to the laptop . Excellent signal . The WLAN is 11 Mbps, which is fine for my purposes . I synchronise data between the two computers daily and the WAP is plenty fast for this purpose . Downloads and shared printing over the WLAN are fine as well . If you live in ChCh you could come and have a look at the system . John |
John H (8) | ||
| 160138 | 2003-07-18 11:31:00 | And my WAP is situated on the shelf in my office, in the house. House is 110 yrs old, timber frame and gib-boarded over close boarding. Must shift the WAP as its directly behind the switchboard wiring... Coverage within the (large) house is fine, falls off once you get 10m outside though. Still thats fine as long as I don't want to picnic on the other side of the (6,000 sq. metre) grounds... WAP is 11 Mb, which is overkill for my data transfer needs, Wireless PCMCIA adapter is 54 Mbit (it wasn't a lot dearer, so I used that one in case the laptop is used on another WLAN, which can happen). Experience is that it depends a lot on the construction of the walls. Have connected in Sydney and couldn't get thru 1 wall of an apartment block. Frequency is 2.4 GHz Setup was a breeze, practically plug and play, as my router assigns IP addresses. |
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