Re: [Fed-Talk] New MacBooks - can camera come out?
Re: [Fed-Talk] New MacBooks - can camera come out?
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] New MacBooks - can camera come out?
- From: Peter Link <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 15:47:31 -0800
Title: Re: [Fed-Talk] New MacBooks - can camera come
out?
LLNL uses an authorized reseller who performs some of the final
computer configuration. One of their tasks is to make sure there isn't
a wireless card in any computers. Requiring that they modify the
computers (Macs, Dells, etc.) would be under their contract with
LLNL.
I have also talked with our Apple account rep about a special
configuration; in this case for DOE. She said that Apple wants a
commitment for 1000 computers before they will change the production
line. DoD is much larger than DOE and would carry much more weight if
they asked Apple for a special configuration (no iSight, no
Wireless/Bluetooth, etc.). My initial contact with Apple was for
diskless Macs, which is easy in an iMac and Powermac and could be done
by a reseller. It isn't easy in a Powerbook or MacBook Pro and should
be offered by Apple.
I have not received any information from Apple about the previous
iMac with iSight configuration although I was told they were working
on an official removal guide that would not violate the warranty (see
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300205 for iMac G5 w/o
iSight). If the iSight is easy to remove, then the reseller should be
able to do it for less money than having Apple change their production
line (Apple's suggestion).
Who wants to push the request for a special configuration for
government and enterprise users through Apple? There have been special
educational configurations so it's not totally out of the
question.
Same boat here. Can't use the new
MacBooks unless the camera is disabled, and preferably not with
software. Also, still need to maintain the Apple warranty, so we can't
just open the case can cut wires or anything (which is probably very
difficult anyways). Our reseller is looking into possibilities.
MacBooks may single handily kills Macs in many government
agencies.
Thank
you,
Allan
Marcus
CCN-1:
Departmental Computing
Computing, Communications, and Network Division
Los
Alamos National Laboratory
505-667-9531
On Jan 10, 2006, at 11:45 AM, Rich
Trouton wrote:
I haven't seen pictures of the new
MacBooks yet, but I understand that they have an iSight built in. Is
it a BTO option to get it removed?
Rich
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