Why I use old hardware

Re:Why I use old hardware by keithpeter on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @03:57PM (#18982867)

Classrooms often use interactive whiteboards driven by PCs that can be quite slow to log in to the teacher's active directory profile as this involves pulling data over a network of variable speed. There can also be issues with software upgrades deciding to start at random times. The PC will need to be logged off and logged on 8 times a day...

Teachers don't talk to themselves in classrooms so time loss can affect a small percentage of up to 180 student-hours per day or 900 student-hours per teaching week per teacher. A typical '8 form entry' secondary school in UK will have around 100 teachers plus admin / head of subject / 'leadership'. School year is around 38 weeks.

I sometimes think something like ChromeOS but that can run IW software and just stay booted would be better. An appliance.

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Re:Why I use old hardware by handzbagz on Thursday January 24, 2019 @04:41AM (#18987247)

You need to factor in the time it would take for teachers to move all of their resources over to another format. Some teachers have decades worth of work that they teach with.

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Re:Why I use old hardware by michaelmrose on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @05:40PM (#18983939)

The argument you are constructing is that we should invest more money in classroom computers not less in developers.

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Re:Why I use old hardware by keithpeter on Thursday January 24, 2019 @08:36AM (#18988491)

Yup! Or at least 'appliance' style end points

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