We asked for ACER to leave out the FDD and cdrom drives for all but computer's used by teachers in the labs / pods and one in the library. We also disabled most PC speakers by unplugging the speakers inside the case. Wasnt a major issue as headsets and USB keys are on the booklist with general office offering some for sale.
<br><br>Regards Roland<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 21/08/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Andrew Sutton</b> <<a href="mailto:sutton.andrew.b@edumail.vic.gov.au">sutton.andrew.b@edumail.vic.gov.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;">The biggest problem we had with the older Acer design was that fatter USB<br>sticks could not be plugged into the front of the machines they have fixed
<br>this problem as well as added more ports to the front of the computers. As<br>far as reliability is concerned we have found them very good, although we<br>would like to see gear driven cd drives rather than rubber band driven ones
<br>as they are much more robust in the classroom.<br><br>Andrew Sutton<br>IT / SOSE Teacher<br>St Arnaud Secondary College<br><br><br><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>] On<br>Behalf Of RILEY, Bruce<br>Sent: Monday, 21 August 2006 8:52 AM<br>To: Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management
<br>Teachers'Mailing List<br>Subject: RE: [Year 12 IPM] Good PC vendors + BRANDS<br><br>Hi Trent,<br>This year we have leased 240 DELL PCs and 39 DELL notebooks. We have<br>been very happy with the machines, the support and servicing. A couple
<br>have had power supplies die but these were fixed promptly. The only<br>issue we have had is that the DELL badges are easily removed. We solved<br>this with supa glue.<br>Bruce<br><br>------------------------------------------------------------------------
<br>------------<br><br>Bruce Riley<br>ICT Manager<br>Kew High School<br>1393 Burke Road<br>East Kew, Victoria. 3102<br>Australia<br><br>Phone: 61 3 9859 8652<br>Fax: 61 3 9819 7880<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 Trent Bolte<br>Sent: Monday, 21 August 2006 8:29 AM
<br>To: 'Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management Teachers'<br>Mailing List'<br>Subject: RE: [Year 12 IPM] Good PC vendors + BRANDS<br><br>Hello Again<br>Another part to my original question that I meant to ask was which brad
<br>would you go with taking into account mainly reliability but also<br>usability.<br><br>Cheers<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
<br>error, please contact <a href="mailto:mercycol@mercycollege.melb.catholic.edu.au">mercycol@mercycollege.melb.catholic.edu.au</a> and<br>delete all copies.<br><br>Mercy College does not represent or warrant that the attached files are
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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 Bell, Cameron P
<br>Sent: Friday, 18 August 2006 2:31 PM<br>To: Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management<br>Teachers'Mailing List<br>Subject: RE: [Year 12 IPM] Good PC vendors<br><br>I'll second that.<br>Cameron<br><br>_________________________________________
<br>Cameron Bell<br>Learning Technologies Coordinator<br>Mooroolbark College<br>Mooroolbark College is a Yarra Valley e-Learning Community School<br>_________________________________________<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 Andrew Sutton<br>Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 12:36 PM
<br>To: 'Year 12 Information Technology Processing and<br>ManagementTeachers'Mailing List'<br>Subject: RE: [Year 12 IPM] Good PC vendors<br><br>Sorry if this sounds too much like an ad but this is an honest<br>response....We get most of our stuff from Learning With Technologies (
<br><a href="http://www.LWT.com.au">www.LWT.com.au</a> ) which have mainly Acer stuff and they are quite cheap.<br>They<br>sell mostly to schools. It's run by a bloke called Paul Doherty who used<br>to<br>be with the Department of Education and helped set up a bunch of IT
<br>programs<br>and they seem to know what is going on in terms of ICT in education. We<br>have found them great to deal with even though we are quite a long way<br>away.<br>We find the Acer warranties very good and they let you open up the box
<br>yourself if there is a simple fix that you don't want to bother having<br>to<br>wait for a technician to come out and fix.<br>That became an issue from us when we bought a bunch of computers that<br>had to<br>be taken back because they wouldn't let us loosen the screws on the
<br>floppy<br>drives that they tightened up too much, so we loaded up the computers<br>into<br>the school car and took them to Melbourne when we had a PD day. On the<br>bolte bridge there was an accident ahead of us. We stopped. The car
<br>behind<br>us didn't. I wish I had a camera to capture the look on her face when<br>we<br>opened up our boot to reveal $15,000 worth of computers. Interestingly<br>she<br>did have a camera in her glove box to record the damage, which begged
<br>the<br>question how often did she have car accidents, but that is getting a<br>little<br>off track.<br><br>Andrew Sutton<br>IT / SOSE Teacher<br>St Arnaud Secondary College<br><br><br><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<br>Behalf Of Trent Bolte<br>Sent: Friday, 18 August 2006 8:35 AM
<br>To: 'Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management<br>Teachers'Mailing List'<br>Subject: [Year 12 IPM] Good PC vendors<br><br>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<br>error, please contact <a href="mailto:mercycol@mercycollege.melb.catholic.edu.au">
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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
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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