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Swimming in Computers

I feel like I am swimming in computers right now.

Two years ago my parents bought me a laptop.  It was a 17" Toshiba Satellite with Windows Vista installed.  It has been a really great computer.  We have used it at church for the power point and sometimes for the sermon recording.  It has also spent an extensive amount of time on Netflix.

Right now my wife is the primary user of this computer, but my boys have spent a little bit of time using this to play webkinz and starcraft.

Before Christmas I received a CR-48 from Google.  I got this one for free!  I signed up for the Pilot Program from Google to try out their new Chrome Operating System.  This is a web-only computer and takes some getting used to.  I am used to it, so I love it.

These computers are not for sale yet, but are rumored to be coming out this summer.  The CR-48 is a very basic computer, but I believe that the ones that hit the market will come with a little more punch.  This one has been great for me, so I have no complaints.  Plus, did I mention it was free?

This morning when I came into school there was a hp mini on my desk.  I heard that all of the teachers were getting these, but didn't know when they were going to show up.  This little laptop has Windows 7 Starter edition installed, but I have to give this one back at the end of the school year.

The school also purchased (through some grant) a projector for each of the classrooms.  They aren't installed yet, but I am trying to figure out how I could incorporate this each day.  (Could I just download other people teaching each day and just project that? hmm.... could work.)

I have yet to mention the old Dell computer at the other school where I work and the desktop computer that was already there and the old computer that I have at home for my son to do his home schooling on.  I am just swimming in laptops!

Truth is... I am not sure if this is a good thing.
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  1. Rob Miller3/10/2011 5:32 PM

    I got a Lenovo Win 7 pro book, a MacBook 2 ancient desktops and am leaning to acquiring a Dell PowerEdge T110 this summer for a server. I don't feel like that's overkill. LOL.

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  2. Rob Miller3/10/2011 5:34 PM

    Oh, and I'm extremely jealous that you got to beta test the CR48. Depending on the price I'd like to get my hands on one when they come out. I assume if they are going to be cloud computers to utilize google docs, etc basically that they'll be priced cheaply.

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  3. Matt Harmless3/10/2011 9:01 PM

    That is what I am thinking as well. I can't imagine them charging an extravagant amount for a computer that most people will see as a "web-only" computer.

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