That teacher did an amazing job. Good for him.
Palos Verdes is a very nice place to live and go to high school. The equipment they have is great! I know that some places in California have very nice Macs in their schools (including mine. There's a computer lab with only macs, mainly cubes with 17" studio displays), but I don't know how the rest of the US is like as far as computers in education.
-Chase