Computer Needs

"May be true in small and amateur theatre, although even this is changing. In professional theatres computer systems are getting bigger and bigger. I have nine proprietary systems, three PC/Windows desktop systems, one PC/Windows laptop and one Windows PDA in my biobox alone. More across the whole theatre." I agree. But the question asked was for schools - most schools don't have the budget for lots of equipment. I went to a private school, and the equipment mainly consisted of old patterns, a couple of parcans, and a very basic lighting desk... no computers as far as I can recall. And this is a school in which computers are used in 99.9% of classrooms and all students above the age of 10 have their own laptop. So that's saying something. (Then again, it's been 10 years since being there, maybe they upgraded. My point though is still valid, in that for schools, theatre doesn't use a LOT of PCs) Round head foam puppet pattern at Puppets in Melbourne