Comments on: Some Aussie schools require all students to own Apple iPads

By: KRONOS

KRONOS — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 15:59:22 +0000

It is fscking RAINING trolls and morons on this site recently!
Go Fsck yourself “KANY1″ or edward or Goopy, or whatever the fsck you are calling yourself these days. Just STFU and leave us in peace asswipe- we don’t give a flying fsck about whatever you spew anyway…

By: Clasqm

Clasqm — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 07:18:07 +0000

My four-year old is hammering his iPad1 day in, day out. With the wifi off I charge it twice a week. Wifi on, it still lasts a whole day.

Junior will probably inherit my iPad 2 when Apple brings out the 4. My problem is, what will I do with that indestructible iPad 1?

Try again.

By: Ross

Ross — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 05:38:03 +0000

Actually, I pity the parents that actually waste money on net books for their kids and I feel sorry for the kids who’s eyes are being wreaked. The pixel quality of NetBook screens is really bad and all the net books do is strain eyes. Bring on glasses by age 30. Way to go Victorian schools and parents.

By: Now, Now...

Now, Now... — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 01:53:47 +0000

The ‘Flunkies’, come equipped with ‘The Surface’…

By: enzos

enzos — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 01:27:41 +0000

Having resided with a family (+ kids 7, 11 & 13 yo) in Victoria for the last 3 months, I’ll venture to add that the current programme using (Asus) netbooks has been a huge success. (They’re not so bad for young eyes and kid-sized fingers). But iPads (+ school-based desktops) would undoubtedly be an even better option. Better for sharing and group learning, in particular.

By: NHL

NHL — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 01:18:19 +0000

Yep, Kool Aid NY1, for decades, “Wait and see!” has been the gleeful exhortation of Trolls and Apple Haters.

We’ve repeatedly been warned to “wait and see” how the next version of Windows will really be good and the one that wipes Apple off the map.

We were told to “wait and see” how no-one would buy a phone that did not have a physical keyboard.

“Wait and see” is what we were told before Steve Jobs died, to foretell the demise of Apple without Steve J. at the helm.

No, Kool Aid NY1, your tired, old, “Wait and see!” shtick is as ineffective today as it was 10 years ago.

In the meantime, Kool Aid NY1, you just keep on using your substandard Windows and Android devices, and rewarding the shabby companies who make them, motivated I suppose by your rock-bottom self-esteem and miserable sense of self-worth.

Will your non-Apple products ever work nearly as well, or be almost as beautiful to use as our Apple devices?
Well, I suggest you just “wait and see!”.

By: Sucker

Sucker — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 01:01:48 +0000

iPad 1 is my 4 year old’s.
iPad 2 is my father-in-law’s.
iPad 3 is my mother-law’s.

My wife contents herself to share one of the above or use her iPhone.

I content myself to use my MacBook Pro, MacBook Air (really just a glorified remote control for my TV), or my iPhone.

By: leakfreeroof

leakfreeroof — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 23:23:20 +0000

Give my iPad one to my grandkids and they fought over it daily until I gave them iPad 2 and now the older has the 2 and younger has 1 …… No problem with either unit ……

They will get my new iPad when iPad 4 comes out ….. We will continue to buy every iPad as we pass down older models to our kids and grandkids ….. Still have 1 more grandkid and two kids to go …….

As for $500 window laptops, lucky if you get three years, well you will but this and that will either be broken or missing ….. Keys, hinges, screens cracks or bad pixels ….. Yea, pure junk …..

By: Jean Poole

Jean Poole — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 23:01:26 +0000

Yes, it was such a ‘disappointment’.

By: Alcancun

Alcancun — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 22:18:11 +0000

Gave my first gen iPad to our household assistant .., still works like a champ and has no battery issues.

By: FTB

FTB — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 22:01:00 +0000

Well after almost 3 years my iPad 1 is STILL on the factory battery.
My dad has it and it has replaced his pc. Uses it daily.

By: Kool Aid NY1

Kool Aid NY1 — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:50:51 +0000

Hehehe… Wait until all these devices start requiring battery replacement, screen replacements, etc…

This should be fun and a real black eye on the iPad.

Wait and C!

By: Macman

Macman — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:42:36 +0000

The real DISSAPOINTMENT is Apple that has still not allowed access to multiple purchase licensing. So much for signing the ARPA free trade agreement.

There are always grants for different things like LOTE (languages other than english). Victorians schools teaching Japanese have taken advantage of $6000 that allows them to purchase 10+ ipads and 2 Apple Tvs.

One victorian school saved money from their paper budget to purchase ipads for all the teachers.

One of the big productivity gains for the teachers is the ipad adds another device, the ipad connected to the whiteboard and the teacher is able to continue paperwork marking on their laptop.

The Victorian goverment has started a learning with iPad discovery grant that has a couple of chosen schools to trial ipads that also have apparently connection to a special Ultranet (special social network site for teachers, student and parents) thats dying a slow death.

Also I have not seen any reviews or detail about third party ios assett managment companies that keep a list of all your UIDS thenallow you to use many App accounts to push and manage apps wirelessly to your classrooms.