My favorite quote heard from the show floor:
I think being Steve Jobs is just like a license to print money
So if you’re wondering why I didn’t post more stuff from the show yesterday or why there aren’t more photos here’s my quote:
Think of a seething mass of frenzied zombies all moving without any idea of where they are going but when they see the next shiny box they’ll all lung for it at the same time
It’s like Times Square on New Year’s Eve. I have no idea how many people attending the show yesterday but there was no elbow room at all. My left elbow in fact has a bruise from all the people who kept bumping into me.
The new MacBook Air laptops are cool, and I mean that in the sense of they are as cool as cool can get. There are many other products I will spend time looking at as some of them could save us money in the future or they are just really cool.
And last but not least the two trailers that held all of the stuff used for Steve Job’s keynote. That’s all the stuff one man needs to make a speech. Nuts.
I attended two of the MacIT Administrator sessions today (Wednesday):
IT800: Mac IT Kick-Off – Corporate Switching – Why Companies Are Switching From PCs to Macs
Every month, more and more IT departments are switching from PCs to Macs. Educational institutions, corporations, businesses, and branches of government are starting to realize that Macs can and do integrate well into multi-platform environments. Join IT managers, Chief Technical Officers, and Chief Information Officers to discuss why they are switching, what spurred their decisions, hurdles they overcame-both perceived and real-and how both Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server are changing they way they look at IT.
Schoun Regan – Moderator, CEO, ITInstruction.com
IT801: One Man-20,000 Macs – How Can One Man Manage 20,000 Computers and Still Have Time for a Life?
Doing more with less. You hear it from the boss, the finance guy, the politician, maybe even the planet itself. Is it an oxymoron, or can it actually be done? A school district with 20,000 plus computers, 6,000 of them assigned to students in a one to one laptop project, presents some big problems for the tech teams supporting them on a daily basis. The imaging of the one to one laptops alone can overwhelm support staff. Throw in students changing settings, inappropriate software, licensing issues, frequent security and software updates, a mix of Macs and Windows operating systems, and you can drive a network team crazy. Manatee County is cutting those problems down to size using a cost effective cross platform computer management system. Learn about where we have been, how we are doing now, and where we are headed next.
Oliver Naas, FileWave (USA), Inc
Leroy Dennison, Systems Engineer, Apple
George Vensel, Technology and Information Services Director, Manatee County School District