On Feb 19, 2009, at 12:34 PM, Tony Anderson wrote: > Hi, > > Really sad. Buying one desktop and creating 'five' seats is probably > cheaper than 5 or 6 XOs.
Is it really ? I don't even see a real cost benefit. $450 - one low end desktop computer $350 - (5) $70 monitors $ 50 - (5) keyboards/mice $250 - (5) seats of virtualization hardware (from the userful web site) $1100 for five students => $220 per student > However, it restricts use to the school day. > The ability for the child to take the laptop home is crucial. > Think, for > example, of the impact of the laptop on the other members of the > family. The only upside, IMO, is increased screen real estate. Cheers, wad _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
