paulkerton

No there isn't currently a way to do this in Admin Console. You can default the rotation on start up, but you can't limit it.

1st January 2026 was the general ban on manufacture, import and export of new mercury containing products. Projectors had an exemption till 24th February 2027, and at that point all new mercury lamp projectors are banned. So only spares for existing projectors will be allowed from that point, and only existing stock.

I can, primarily that they'll expect them to be able to do things that they probably aren't powerful enough to, particularly in those departments. Great little device, but I do worry that the "Apple" logo will give inexperienced teachers an expectation that they're capable of things a £2000+ device is.

I'm not aware of a limit. If there is, we haven't hit one!

The extension is sandboxed in the browser, so it isn't monitoring Android apps, Linux or system level tools. The general rule with Android apps we follow is to avoid pushing them out if they have a browser contained within them. Windows wise, I'd push them directly from Admin Console as long as the browser is enrolled.

That's technically not true anymore. As a general rule yes, but you can also deploy to the browser now if you have Chrome Enterprise Core.

We've taken to providing enrolment accounts for devices and getting our IT team to do the first login with that account before handing devices out.

You're all discussing some very interesting ways to end up getting block listed by YouTube guys. The answer remains, that if you post a YouTube video in Google Classroom, that will strip the adverts from it.

I haven't read anywhere that i3 processors will no longer be supported. Are you sure you're not conflating the CPU generation issue (ie anything lower than 8th Gen isn't supported)?

I've told this story a few times, but it's always worth coming back to. Over a decade ago now, I was speaking to a license reseller, and I said "You know, I just don't understand Microsoft licensing" and they replied "I wouldn't worry, neither do Microsoft"

If you add a YouTube video to Google Classroom, then play it through the Classroom interface, that will surpress adverts, I believe.

Well long term, perhaps - but Bromcom are 40 this year and they've not cashed out yet!

Tim Cook's reign has been interesting, as he's not managed to find the next great product category, or diversify Apple's product categories so they're less reliant on the iPhone for their income. They've continued their "not first to market, but polished the experience" position with AirPod, AirTag and Apple Watch but it's all been accessories rather than any major product category. It'll be interesting what comes next for them, though I'm sure Tim Apple will continue his role as their Trump whisperer. 🤣

They've not announced anything yet. I would assume if it's coming, ITSE would be the place it gets announced

I don't deal with SBB directly anymore (the responsibility of others in this organisation) and haven't for 7 years now, but it's interesting to see their problems have not changed in the slightest, in the same time it takes... my entire body to regenerate every single cell in it. A child who was in Year 6 to make it to the end of their Sixth Form education. For NASA New Horizons probe to travel from Jupiter to Pluto To complete TWO full undergraduate degrees To complete A PhD and a postdoctoral fellowship ... and Schools Broadband still falls over the moment schools return from a two-week break. It is remarkable that seven years later, the system still cannot reconcile a return to 'normal' traffic levels that it was handling perfectly well just a fortnight before. Timeless.

This user's timing and behaviour, in no way, seem suspicious. Is it the Epstein image on their background, or their resurrection of 15 year old threads to come on here and lecture everyone?

Gotta admit, as much as I loved the earlier seasons after Season 4, I just wasn't all that interested. This show fell off SO hard.

They did announce they were enforcing this in December 2023... https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2023/12/release-notes-12-15-2023.html

We're installing UniFi networking in all of our schools at the moment. Over Easter we're replacing the school purchased Ring Doorbell that we saw appear in the tickets at least twice a week, with a UniFi solution. It's very slick, and incredibly cost effective. Looking forward to seeing what it can do.

Which is ironic, as I've had individuals refuse using Canva for anything because they feel it's too simplistic! Cannot win. 🫣🤣

It's the same thing, relatively low powered silicon forced into a higher powered role in order to hit a price point. Like you say, that RAM will bite people back when Tahoe eats 5GB RAM to sit on the desktop. It's a netbook in a shiny suit with a price that's still premium compared to other machines of it's class.

Sorry I'm not a part of an unquestioning Apple cult who can see the problems this device will bring instantly.

That's the thing. 8GB RAM 15+ years later isn't that far removed from 1GB RAM then. Tahoe uses a huge amount of RAM on startup too. You'll find lots of people complaining about it eating RAM. An A18 Pro is still a smartphone chip, just like the Atom was, neither built for intensive desktop tasks. I'm afraid schools are going to think "It's a Mac, it can run X, Y, Z" when it simply won't be able to - especially any school that has the propensity to buy first, ask IT second. That shiny logo regularly and consistently blinds decision makers to the potentials of the technical debt they will be purchasing. Will it be a great little email machine, video watcher, web browser and document editor? Yeah. But beyond that it'll struggle, and I think the issue will be "It's a Mac" comes with expectations of what it'll be capable of. It will be a complete bind if you've got schools who rush out to buy things before understanding what they want them for.

Were. This is a processor that is roughly in line with a 6 year old M1 processor.

It's just another Netbook reinvention, and how many of those did we have cluttering up cupboards by 2011/2012 because they were underpowered and didn't have an OS that suited their operation? There are going to be a lot of magpie moments over these devices, looking at the price point whilst not factoring in that there is no management solution or communications suite to go with it for schools, which will all cost extra. They'll also ignore that it's basically a binned phone chip with one less core that Apple are repurposing because they weren't good enough for the iPhone. Added to that is USB 2.0 on one of the ports, memory bandwidth limitations, a lack of a backlit keyboard and a screen that isn't suitable for things like photo editing and absolutely no way to upgrade it. That'll be followed by the inevitable disappointment when finding out they are an "everyday task" machine and aren't going to be powerful enough for some of the software you'll be asked to put on them, like Photoshop/Logic Pro/Final Cut/Blender/AutoCAD. Great as an entry level Mac model for existing iPhone and iPad owners who can't justify £1000 on an entry level Macbook and need some lightweight use at home and are already trapped in the Mac ecosystem, but really not viable outside of that. EDIT: Oh and the price doesn't include a power adapter. So that's more cost purchasing USB-C PD adapters. "Some people have thought (that that's) a Netbook. The problem is Netbooks aren't better at anything. They're slow, have low quality displays and run clunky old PC software. So they're not better than a PC at anything, they're just cheaper. They're just cheap laptops and we don't think they're a third category device." - Steve Jobs during the iPad announcement - 2010 "We don't know how to make a $500 computer that's not a piece of junk. Our DNA won't let us ship that." - Steve Jobs on an earnings call - 2008