I second Anish on the matters of total cost, not depending on tablets and using used laptops instead. I've also had success running Linux Mint on used T400s in a museum setting with kids. Worked out very well. - Mariah
On November 11, 2015 9:36:30 PM EST, Anish Mangal <anis...@umich.edu> wrote: >It is interesting to follow this discussion. I think it was in .uy >where >they said that while the laptops cost $200, TCO was ~$600, i.e. a bulk >of >the money was spent on infrastructure, teacher training, community, >repairs >etc. - so if you plan to do this *properly* then the upfront cost of >the >tablet is not *that* big of a factor, considering other expenses >involved. >However, it is very enticing to someone just starting out with new >deployment to think in terms of upfront hardware costs - hence this >thread. > >I am personally against promoting tablets for education, but that >matters >little when a school administrator or teacher asks for them - you just >make >your case but do as they say :-) > >Lastly, I see huge value in used laptops. A thinkpad (T400) machine >with >250GB HDD, 2GB RAM, a dual core processor and a 14 inch screen is >available >for <$130. I recently set up a small number of them running Linux Mint >(because it is very cough-window-cough like) and a full offline mirror >of >ubuntu and mint repositories - which provides some ~80,000 software >packages. These laptops are also easily repairable, and hence help >promote >repair culture. > >Cheers, >Anish > > > >On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 3:12 AM, Alan Claver <a...@psu.edu> wrote: > >> >> > On Nov 11, 2015, at 3:07 PM, Braddock Gaskill <bradd...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > I would be very weary of relying on the root'ing of an Amazon >Tablet. >> They have been rootable in the past, then automatic upgrades break >the >> rootability, then someone figures out a clever hack, and then it is >> defeated again by Amazon. You are not going to know month-to-month >if you >> can buy more to deploy. >> >> Does a “hardened” device still have value in the communities we >service. I >> think that’s an important question that needs discussion. No consumer >> device is going to meet the definition of hardened (or repairable). >> _______________________________________________ >> support-gang mailing list >> support-g...@lists.laptop.org >> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang >> > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org >http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
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