Obama administration frustrated by old White House PCs
 

I Know somebody is going to turn this into a raging political discussion.
So I decided why not put it where it will end up in advance....;)

From Macworld;

Just after President Barack Obama took to the world stage and spoke before millions of people on the steps of the Capitol building,
his staff began the Herculean task of trying to get the nuts and bolts of the White House in proper working order. Of course,
one of the first orders of business is getting the computer systems up and running.

It's well-known that Obama himself is a Mac fan, and not surprisingly, his campaign staff was largely
powered by a fleet of Macs as well, but according to The Washington Post , the Obama team waltzed
into the White House, only to find "computers outfitted with six-year-old versions of Microsoft software."
Disappointing? You bet. Furthermore, "Laptops were scarce, assigned to only a few people in the West Wing.
The team was left struggling to put closed captions on online videos."

Here's to hoping that one of the elements of Obama's mantra of change will be getting rid of those ancient PCs and replacing them with some shiny new Intel Macs.

Better yet, 1 Infinite Loop should outfit the new president with his very own MacBook Air One, pronto.

http://www.macworld.com/article/1383...tration_m.html

I know the people who support those PCs/networks as well as DOD, Pentagon etc. Don't think its entirely upto Obama team. The networked PCs/Macs have to talk to other sensitive networks. NSA will have to give clearance before they do that. Same NSA who opposed BB for Obama. ;)

Good luck with that :thumbup:

Pretty tough situation, incoming team is really productive using technology and have to give certain things up, some probably forever. I would be fustrated beyond belief if it happened to me while at the sametime understand why the restrictions and specs are so different inside the Whitehouse. Moreover, they can't use this as an excuse for poor execution but you know it's got to hurt.

I'm trying to picture the DoD using Macs. :rofl:

By the way Wagner, nice avatar from Tropic Thunder - Cruise was a riot.

I can see why they try to minimize the use of laptops. They are just too portable and you know some idiot staffer will lose one or have one stolen from his/her car. :tsk:

You know that's right. I was thinking
exactly the same thing....:D

Parts of DoD do :) And very, very well.

I would think that some of the government BS would vaporize if they were to switch, but whatever. But come on. 6 years old? WTF.

One Obama transition team leader described it as going from an XBOX to an Atari in an article I read this morning.

Looks as though the kids have taken over the most powerful country in the world.

I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing at this point. I just hope they keep in mind that our world does not work like a video game and once you execute a strategy you cant re-boot the game for a do-over if you make a mistake.

It isn't going to hurt to update the way the government does business. Most of my day-to-day is trying to educate dinosaurs on what "collaboration" is. :rolleyes:

Had one lady tell me "there is nothing of interest to me on the Internet". These are the type of people you're dealing with :)

Just another example of an inefficient government at work. I don't expect an Obama administration to turn this BOAT of a government around especially if he adds more bureaucrats and layers as we expect he will do at some point.

look at it this way, for every 5 lazy sacks of crap sucking off the government tit, there are about 2 very hard workers. Problem is, those 2 are the ones generally removed during "cut backs" or "thinning of government". Why? Because they tend to be the most expensive.

BINGO

What an amazing truth you have spoken.

Excuse me...

You mean to tell me that our world does not work like a video game and once
you execute a strategy you cant re-boot the game for a do-over if you make a mistake????
Honestly not being sarcastic but I'm inclined to believe
that there are some people who actually believe they can ....:rofl: :rofl: