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National Education => Admissions tests => Selective Schools Admissions Tests => Topic started by: Sugam on December 10, 2021, 09:23:17 pm

Title: Can we use MacBook at Nossal
Post by: Sugam on December 10, 2021, 09:23:17 pm
My daughter is starting year 9 at Nossal next year. I just got her a MacBook Pro, hopefully she can use it at school!!
Title: Re: Can we use MacBook at Nossal
Post by: Einsteinium on December 11, 2021, 10:34:06 pm
Quote from: Sugam on December 10, 2021, 09:23:17 pm
My daughter is starting year 9 at Nossal next year. I just got her a MacBook Pro, hopefully she can use it at school!!

Hey, I am also going to a selective school next year as I got into Suzanne Cory High School. I also am using a Macbook pro and I think it is a great laptop for being organized. It will almost definitely be allowed if they have the BYOD policy like the other selective schools.
Title: Re: Can we use MacBook at Nossal
Post by: Selective User on December 12, 2021, 12:55:16 pm
Hi, Sugam

From what I’ve heard, Nossal is going to tell people to order a certain laptop so that it is the same for all people.
Title: Re: Can we use MacBook at Nossal
Post by: somebody8442 on December 12, 2021, 05:31:56 pm
Quote from: Sugam on December 10, 2021, 09:23:17 pm
My daughter is starting year 9 at Nossal next year. I just got her a MacBook Pro, hopefully she can use it at school!!

You may have to just wait and see. Next time, you may be better off waiting to see what the Device requirements are (BYOD, school-supplied devices, etc.).
Title: Re: Can we use MacBook at Nossal
Post by: ureba on December 12, 2021, 09:40:26 pm
One of my friends got into Melbourne High and I think they're asking him to pay for a certain laptop that the school is gonna get for the student.
Title: Re: Can we use MacBook at Nossal
Post by: somebody8442 on December 15, 2021, 10:27:34 am
Quote from: ureba on December 12, 2021, 09:40:26 pm
One of my friends got into Melbourne High and I think they're asking him to pay for a certain laptop that the school is gonna get for the student.

MHS always uses windows but under certain circumstances allows macbook.
Title: Re: Can we use MacBook at Nossal
Post by: Curriman2 on December 20, 2021, 08:27:33 pm
For MHS they said I was only allowed the windows laptops they sell, I ended up buying the surface studio because the cheaper laptop was very very very bad and tbh 800 bucks extra for specs actually good enough to run Chrome was worth it
Title: Re: Can we use MacBook at Nossal
Post by: wingdings2791 on December 20, 2021, 09:59:45 pm
Hi, former Nossal student here. The school facilitates orders of the same laptop for everyone (HP usually). Other laptops eg. Macbook are also acceptable, just uncommon and potentially annoying with an OS clash between Mac and Windows. Typically, one or two students per year use a different laptop so I would say they are fine but the school choice may be preferrable. :)
Title: Re: Can we use MacBook at Nossal
Post by: somebody8442 on December 21, 2021, 02:33:13 pm
Quote from: wingdings2791 on December 20, 2021, 09:59:45 pm
Hi, former Nossal student here. The school facilitates orders of the same laptop for everyone (HP usually). Other laptops eg. Macbook are also acceptable, just uncommon and potentially annoying with an OS clash between Mac and Windows. Typically, one or two students per year use a different laptop so I would say they are fine but the school choice may be preferrable. :)

btw Congrats on your awesome VCE score! I've been following your journal for nearly a year and I'm so happy for you! Good luck on your future endeavours  ;)
Title: Re: Can we use MacBook at Nossal
Post by: wingdings2791 on December 22, 2021, 10:54:59 am
Quote from: somebody8442 on December 21, 2021, 02:33:13 pm
btw Congrats on your awesome VCE score! I've been following your journal for nearly a year and I'm so happy for you! Good luck on your future endeavours  ;)

Thank you so much somebody8442, your read means a lot to me! All the best to you too :)