We got our Acer units from <a href="www.commander.com.au">Commander </a>.. happy to forward on the specs and details offlist but by all means, shop around for prices and ask for a reference site to check out the backup service (warranty, repairs, parts etc) get a sample unit and ask some students what they think of it. There isnt much of a margin when selling PC's so this feedback may make all the difference. We decided to roll over all our curriculum hardware at once, set ourselves the target of 1:4 computer:student ratio and plan to do it again in 3 years time. Having just one image to deploy put a wopping huge smile on our technicians face and took just a few days to manage.
<br><br>All the big vendor guns come along to the VITTA conference and support our subject association with a trade stand and some sponsorship with prizes and other goodies! Why not check out the list at the 2005 conference or even press the flesh with a chat amongst the crowd at the trade stands at the
<a href="http://www.vitta.org.au/conference/2006/">current 2006 conference</a>.<br><br>Kevork has even created an edulist list that you can subscribe to for commercial posts from these providers. Enjoy!<br><br>Regards Roland
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 18/08/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Trent Bolte</b> <<a href="mailto:tbolte@mercycollege.melb.catholic.edu.au">tbolte@mercycollege.melb.catholic.edu.au</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I know it's not IPM related but can anyone out there recommend a PC<br>vendor for schools?<br>So far I've investigated HP, DELL and Acer. We are looking to get 100<br>basic units and about 14 multimedia/graphics units. Based on value for
<br>money I'm currently leaning towards DELL (we're not getting laptops ;)<br>or HP.<br><br><br>Trent Bolte<br><br>Learning Technology Coordinator<br><br>Mercy College, Coburg.<br><br><br><br><br><br>This email and any attachments may be confidential. If received in
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<br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:ipm-bounces@edulists.com.au">ipm-bounces@edulists.com.au</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:ipm-bounces@edulists.com.au">ipm-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>]<br>On Behalf Of Trish Cotter
<br>Sent: Thursday, 17 August 2006 12:40 PM<br>To: <a href="mailto:ipm@edulists.com.au">ipm@edulists.com.au</a><br>Subject: Re: [Year 12 IPM] Aggregated and detailed information<br><br><br>In fact the best example of detailed information is the supermarket
<br>invoice / docket which details everything (item by item) that was bought<br>in one transaction.<br><br>---<br>Regards,<br>Trish Cotter<br>^^^^^<br><a href="mailto:tcotter@koonung.vic.edu.au">tcotter@koonung.vic.edu.au
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</div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College<br><a href="http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au">http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au</a><br><br>"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