School letting students bring Laptops / Tablets

[Littledude]

In my school you are supposed to get some kind of stuff technology permit or something. But any of the times I've seen kids use a laptop that they brought in the teacher didn't mind.

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[Neon]

too bad they're generally outdated by about ten years unless it's a school that likes having up-to-date computers

True. The majority of our school computers are running XP. The horror. THE HORROR.

Our teachers just recently got some with Win7 loaded for the classroom. But bringing laptops, iPads and iPods seems great. Not only would the school not have to provide computers for everyone, but the kids would have their own personal settings and have a computer for every class they're in.

[Max4344]

True. The majority of our school computers are running XP. The horror. THE HORROR.

Why the HORROR? Runs so much better than win 7 on my Crappy netbook

[sir dooble]

Why the HORROR? Runs so much better than win 7 on my Crappy netbook

Maybe the problem here is your crappy netbook and not Windows 7?
If your netbook is old and designed for XP, it's not going to be the biggest fan of Windows 7.

[Nickelob Ultra]

What do you guys think of schools letting students do this?
 /discuss

It's great.  I've been using a laptop in school since middle school.  My notes are always so organized.

My only suggestions:  Get a cheap, small laptop with great battery life.  Or a really expensive durable one, like Macs.  As much as they cost they really are durable so long as you give them one of those nice sleeve cases.  Macbook Airs are even better considering they are SSD-based entirely.

Don't be one of those morons that buys a Dell 17" laptop that is made of plastic and is powered by a loving Pentium.  Just buy a cheap netbook, use a durable computer, and all in all have a great battery life.

Oh and for theft, keep your stuff with you 24-loving-7.  My laptop is ALWAYS in my backpack which is ALWAYS in my sight.  I never leave it alone.

[Freeze]

True. The majority of our school computers are running XP. The horror. THE HORROR.

haha you think you've got it bad
try still having some computers running windows 2000 and youll get how bad this school is with upgrades

[Littledude]

my school has windows 7 but runs it and puts locks on it to make it basically simulate running a windows 98 computer.
It's handicapped.
And then there's the macs which much less restriction on them because people just can't do as many harmful things with them.

[Freeze]

if we get caught changing the computer desktop (even to something simple like the colour grey) we get banned from the computers

and no changing the monitors angle or else

[Jeep]

It's great.  I've been using a laptop in school since middle school.  My notes are always so organized.

My only suggestions:  Get a cheap, small laptop with great battery life.  Or a really expensive durable one, like Macs.  As much as they cost they really are durable so long as you give them one of those nice sleeve cases.  Macbook Airs are even better considering they are SSD-based entirely.

Don't be one of those morons that buys a Dell 17" laptop that is made of plastic and is powered by a loving Pentium.  Just buy a cheap netbook, use a durable computer, and all in all have a great battery life.

Oh and for theft, keep your stuff with you 24-loving-7.  My laptop is ALWAYS in my backpack which is ALWAYS in my sight.  I never leave it alone.

I didn't fall for Dell's tricks. I went with a Lenovo. Looks nice, has an i5 w/ Built in Overclock, 800 GB of HDD, Secure Drives, Port Locks(needs finger print to accept a USB Memory Stick. No print, will reject), 6 Gigs of RAM, and a metal case w/ Shock Sensors that stop spinning the HDD if I start moving with it, or it is falling.

I am excited to bring mine. The only fault is the 4 1/2 hour battery life. I'm just going to buy an alternate, and swap them out at Lunch. It will never leave my site. It supports 4G, so I am not under the schools restrictions, and I can map it within a few seconds. Our school issues locked lockers, and we are recommended to use locks in PE. I intend to lock it in my locker. Will also have a Kingston tamper alarm on it, so if someone tugs at the lock, or tampers w/ it, it will cause a scene.

I'm using API to develop some more security software(Laptop has a motion sensor). Like if I have to go to the Bathroom, and I lock it. I will hook it to the desk w/ the Kingston, sending a clear "Don't touch me" message. If it detects movement, it sets off an alarm for 10 seconds (console beeper).

Also, if I am away and it is locked, and someone moves it, it has a feature to silently start recording for ~30 seconds each. Emails me the videos as they come. Also, I have the option to Bio-Encrypt files. So I can hide things on it. Not to mention the bio-encrypted hidden HDD.

I don't think I will have much of a problem w/ theft :p

I am excited to use it. Developing a Schedule Program, and using WAMP Server to save important stuff on my server at home.

Talked to a teacher about it who loves the idea. Every student said they would like it as well.

Just worried about battery length, and vandalism.

[Legodude77]

800 GB of RAM

Dude is that laptop from the future or something?

[Jeep]

Dude is that laptop from the future or something?

Sorry. Typo. I meant HDD.

[Jeep]

Bump.

[Dillpickle]

The school gave us Macbook's for education, and next year in Highschool we get MacBook Pros. It's nice, but the internet is crap at highpoints of the day.

[Jeep]

The school gave us Macbook's for education, and next year in Highschool we get MacBook Pros. It's nice, but the internet is crap at highpoints of the day.

We use routers that "mesh". If a router is being hammered, it will send some of the load to a neighbor access point. If worst comes to worst, I will just switch on my 4G and use it. I just want to conserve my battery, and I don't think 4G would help me do that.

[Boomerangdog]

My school has had this ever since it opened. It isn't that amazing.