I disagree, too. What I personally see is that the vast majority of teachers that get laptops, get them as the result of grant funding, and get them in addition to a desktop PC designated for their use. So what happens is the School District ends up subsidizing a home PC that never gets used in the enterprise, and only shows up when it is in need of repair.
Rollaround labs (laptop carts) are a different story, but are a different set of headaches -- mostly related to old network wiring maxing out at 100 Mb/s, and what passes for computer lab time being 30 laptops hitting streaming media sites/flash sites, or all the same site, and people being grumpy about slow network performance on brand new laptops. Laptops are significantly more expensive than desktops at initial purchase, for replacement hardware, for batteries that invariably die every 1-2 years. In years when the money runs shorter (than usual), I think laptops are fiscally irresponsible. David -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jesse Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 7:52 AM To: tech-geeks Subject: [tech-geeks] Quick Poll - Laptops Just gathering fellow geek opinions on the following statement made by a board member... "Most schools are buying laptops now instead of desktops" Agree? Disagree? Comments? Thanks, Jesse | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |
