ZDNET article – NSW Education picks Win7

This article makes an interesting read (IF you have been at all interested in the Education rollout of PC’s) – And or, might be interested in being employed in a technical support role.

Massive roll-out: NSW Education picks Win7
By Suzanne Tindal, ZDNet.com.au
03 August 2009 10:45 AM
Tags: digital education revolution, microsoft, windows 7, nsw, department of education and training, government, laptops, lenovo

READER-POSTs on this article make some very good points on both sides.

What version of Java is installed?

VISIT: http://www.javatester.org/version.html

Multiple copies of Java can be installed on a single computer, and, if you have more than one web browser, each one can use a different version of Java, or none at all, so be sure to test them all. Below are nine ways to determine the version of Java a web browser is using.

Note: The portion of Java that runs programs is referred to as the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) or Java Run-time Environment (JRE).

DOWNLOAD: Recommended Version 6 Update 16 – Java allows you to play online games, chat with people around the world, calculate your mortgage interest, and view images in 3D, just to name a few. It’s also integral to the intranet applications and other e-business solutions that are the foundation of corporate computing.

AND; HERE is another url to TEST what version of Java is Installed; [TEST - Sytstem-X] Verifying Java Version *-THE-URL-* = http://www.java.com/en/download/installed.jsp

Oops! You don’t have the recommended Java installed.
Your Java version is Version 6 Update 11 – [AND; They insist on me having verion 16]

Never mind that it has been HAPPILY working since XMAS, without any problem. GRUMBLE – GRUMBLE – Ok, gues Id better update to the latest version of Java-16

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THIS; is quite a popular google search; -  dead peasants insurance

WHAT DOES IT MEAN? – (benefits payable to the corporation)

Corporate-owned life insurance
Corporate-owned life insurance (COLI) is life insurance on employees’ lives that is owned by the employer corporation, with benefits payable to the corporation. COLI was originally purchased on the lives of key employees and executives by a company to hedge against the financial cost of losing key employees to unexpected death, the risk of recruiting and training replacements of necessary or highly-trained personnel, or to fund corporate obligations to redeem stock upon the death of an owner. This use is commonly known as “key man” or “key person” insurance. Once, COLI was used for masses of non-key employees in order to get tax benefits, a practice known as “janitor insurance” or “dead peasant insurance”. Congress set limits on the practice in 2004, and today COLI is limited to the more senior executives of a firm.

The truth is out there

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The Digital Revolution in NSW

CORRECTION: The S10e for the DET NSW – Lenovo Deployment has 2GB RAM! – (DOUBLED the RAM installed on the standard-model listed on the Lenovo website, which is a really good thing to have specified)

AND; The answer to the follow questions are answered by these Government Policies on the ‘Schools.nsw.edu.au’ website

What happens if my child’s laptop breaks?
What happens if the laptop is accidentally lost or damaged?
What happens if the laptop is stolen or vandalised?
If the laptop is lost, damaged or stolen, what will happen to my child’s schoolwork?
How should my child back up their work?
Are there any health risks using laptops?
What’s to stop an unscrupulous student selling their laptop and then claiming it has been stolen?
Under what circumstances can my child lose the right to a laptop?

AND – HERE; Is a list of the software that is installed on this machine – same website – different page (TITLE;- The laptop and its software)

S series Lenovo Ideapad

The S_series Lenovo Ideapad S10e (deployed by NSW – DET 09)

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