iPads for Leicester Council

[Spacecadet]

BBC News - iPad trial at Leicester City Council sparks union anger

Laptops aren't good enough apparently

[shaunbhoy]

Laptops aren't good enough apparently

Yeah. Way too heavy for the Councillors to carry apparently.

[thunderlizard]

Good for them. Being a local government organisation, the laptops they currently have probably weigh 10 kg, take 25 minutes to start up, and run Windows 98 with ie6. What kind of sad self-destructive country have we become when we are expected to begrudge our own government the best technology? Half the droids in the City have ipads off the back of government contracts and bailouts and nobody bats an eyelid.

[Spacecadet]

Good for them. Being a local government organisation, the laptops they currently have probably weigh 10 kg, take 25 minutes to start up, and run Windows 98 with ie6.

So just get new laptops at half the price of the iPad

[doodab]

Shouldn't they have proper laptops like Lenovo Thinkpads or HP Elitebooks? I mean they are going to need something to run iTunes on aren't they?

[Spacecadet]

Shouldn't they have proper laptops like Lenovo Thinkpads or HP Elitebooks? I mean they are going to need something to run iTunes on aren't they?

Good point, unless iPads can be run without iTunes they'll still need a pc/laptop to plug the ipad into.
So even more reason to just give them a laptop

[TimberWolf]

Good point, unless iPads can be run without iTunes they'll still need a pc/laptop to plug the ipad into.
So even more reason to just give them a laptop

Plus they'll probably be out of date within a year.

[DaveB]

Good point, unless iPads can be run without iTunes they'll still need a pc/laptop to plug the ipad into.
So even more reason to just give them a laptop

The iPads can run iTunes themselves and have built in wireless, so all they need is an access point.

Not saying it's a good idea, but no, they wont need a laptop as well just to run iTunes.

[fullyautomatix]

iPad owners 'are rich and self-centred' - Telegraph

HTH

[AtW]

iPad owners 'are rich and self-centred' - Telegraph

HTH

"According to those polled the image of someone who owns an iPad is of a selfish workaholic businessman between 30 and 50 who has an unhealthy interest in making lots of money."

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