Re: [Fed-Talk] ISight and Bluetooth removal
Re: [Fed-Talk] ISight and Bluetooth removal
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] ISight and Bluetooth removal
- From: Peter Link <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 07:42:31 -0800
(This email went to Ian yesterday but didn't make the list. After
reading the other 1000 emails I missed while attending MWSF, some of
my responses have been addressed by others but I wanted to send it
out anyway so others could see my response to Ian.)
Ian,
This is more than a DOE problem, it's a Government and
possibly an enterprise problem. I was at MWSF today and was walking
through the Apple booth when an Apple person stopped and asked if I
had a question. I appreciate that but his response to my question
about the ease of removing the iSight was not what I wanted to hear
but what I was afraid I would. Removing the iSight from the iMac
would require the front bezel to be removed which means everything
gets removed. He suggested we simply drill out the lens and epoxy the
hole. This can be done but this isn't the type of answer I would want
to come from an Apple representative. He continued to say that 99% of
the customers want the iSight in; the 1% being Government users. I
hope that the Government accounts for more than 1% because if that's
all there is and Apple follows the typical business model of only
doing things for the majority of users, then there won't be a Mac in
any Government installation. The DoD folks have already said this on
this list.
The answer I wanted to hear was that Apple will be working on
a special configuration for the Government, and others, that removes
the iSight, wireless, and bluetooth during installation. I think most
people who read this list will agree that a lower end iMac and
MacBook Pro would be just fine for them at work (I'm being sarcastic
about it being lower end because these computers are really nice even
without the options listed above). We want to keep using Macs, we
don't want to be forced to use Windows computers. If Apple doesn't
come up with something that satisfies all Government departments,
then that's what we will be using.
On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:49:07 -0500
Ian Thompson <email@hidden> wrote:
I am going to reach out to the CIO of Energy HQ and see if they will
allocate a gov't resource to me and Apple to come up with a guide to
disable the camera and bluetooth that meets DOE specs.
The idea is that we work together to have a process to disable that
functionality, that DOE and Apple, in writing, says is hunky dory.
Once that happens, we go to our certified Apple Resellers and teach
then what to do to each Macbook or iMac to make it "certifiably DOE
disabled".
My goal is to try to achieve this once at the HQ level at DOE in
Washington, so all the labs and authorized resellers can get these
Macbooks with out violating any rules.
Thoughts and volunteers needed. I am reaching out to Tom Pike
tomorrow. I'll let DStraub know how the conversation goes.
Ian Thompson
Regional Manager
Federal Government Sales email@hidden
O (703) 264-3241
C (703) 216-4447
Apple Computer, Inc.
1892 Preston White Drive
Reston, VA 20191
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