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<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">We purchased Lenovo laptops and PCs with part of the DER money 2 years ago. We have had great difficulty getting Lenovo keyboards and mouse pads. The PCs and Laptops have been very reliable, but service
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<font size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> elearning-bounces@edulists.com.au [elearning-bounces@edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Roland Gesthuizen [rgesthuizen@gmail.com]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 18 May 2011 6:27 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> itapps@edulists.com.au; elearning@edulists.com.au; tech@edulists.com.au<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [elearning] offtopic: burning netbook hardware decisions<br>
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<div>Rob and I are currently evaluating two different netbook devices for our college for a 1:1 senior student deployment, comparing Acer Aspire 1830T with the Levono X201
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<div>The Acer is slightly better spec'd, 4 year warranty, slightly lighter, cheaper screen replacement cost ($160 vs $450) and our techs strongly favour the Levono as it seems to have more solid looking parts, screws etc. I know this is off topic but I am a
bit concerned about the backup, support for both and would like some anecdotal feedback and honest thoughts (either on or off list) that I can pass on from anybody that is already using either model in a 1:1 program.</div>
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<div>Regards Roland</div>
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<p><img align="right" src="http://www.google.com/educators/images/cert_teacher.gif" width="60" height="60">
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<img align="right" src="http://classic.globe.gov/logos/web/GLOBElogo_color-arc_sm.gif" width="80" height="60"> Roland Gesthuizen - Learning Technology Coordinator
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<a href="http://www.keysboroughsc.vic.edu.au" target="_blank">Keysborough Secondary College</a>, Acacia Campus</p>
<p>B.App.Sci., M.Ed.(ICT), ACCE Professional Associate, Educator of the year 2010</p>
<p><i>"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead</i></p>
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