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<P dir=ltr><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>Hi all,</FONT></B></P>
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<P dir=ltr><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>I had my TTSP head man work out an answer for Keith but have struggled in finding him.. so I have resorted to posting to the group as I can not find him any other way. </FONT></STRONG></P>
<P dir=ltr><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>Can I please ask- if you are in the global address book please put at least your school name at the end of your emails (with your name of course) and if you are not on the global then please make sure you include your email address so we can reply off list when necessary.</FONT></STRONG></P>
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<P dir=ltr><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>cheers</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P dir=ltr><FONT color=#000000><SPAN lang=EN-AU style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU"><FONT color=#800000><FONT color=#000000><SPAN lang=EN-AU style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU"><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy"><FONT size=2><FONT color=#800000>Debra M<SUP>c</SUP>Donald<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy" color=#800000 size=2>Network Manager</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy" color=#800000 size=2>(03) 5996 0144</FONT></DIV></DIV></FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy" color=#800000></FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P dir=ltr><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>From Grant - I can not find Keith Deb, please forward this information.</FONT></B></P>
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<P dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have purchased workstations from Paragon IT and Optima Computers for a number of years for both primary and secondary schools. I get good prices from both companies because of the DOE pricing arrangements and have recently purchased from both companies. Both will give a three year on site warranty to schools and Optima sometimes has a special deal that gives a 4 year warranty. Paragon has excellent response times for service requests and Optima takes a bit longer but gets the job done. I have purchased both AMD and Intel machines and have found that the small extra cost is well worth the reliability and ease of maintenance for an Intel chipset. My personal preference is Optima computers as their hardware seems more reliable. As an example in the last 6 months I purchased 70 Intel workstations from Optima and had to get one MB replaced. I also purchased 24 AMD workstations from Paragon IT and had to replace two MB. Currently I spec machines with glass panel LCD monitors and boxes with no FDD or CD/DVD drives and almost all workstations come with front access to USB/Audio/Firewire.</FONT></P>
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<P dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you have any questions please give me a call.</FONT></P>
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<P dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Grant Lowe</FONT></P>
<P dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>TSSP</FONT></P>
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<P dir=ltr><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>From:</FONT></B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2> itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au on behalf of Keith Richardson</FONT></P>
<P dir=ltr><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>Sent:</FONT></B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2> Wed 25/07/07 3:35 PM</FONT></P>
<P dir=ltr><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>To:</FONT></B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2> List Tech; List IP&M</FONT></P>
<P dir=ltr><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>Subject:</FONT></B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2> [Year 12 IT Apps] Advice Request - Workstation Purchase</FONT></P><BR><BR>
<P dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello All - thank you for your recent help oin my last query - most</FONT></P>
<P dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>appreciated.</FONT></P>
<P dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Our IT committee has asked me to fire away another query:</FONT></P>
<P dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>We will be buying approximately 40 workstations (computers in Primary</FONT></P>
<P dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>classrooms) running XP, with the usual paraphenalia, such as CD/DVD,</FONT></P>
<P dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>USB2 socket, Firewire, Sound card, ethernet card, etc. For me the most</FONT></P>
<P dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>important thing is top have reliable back-up service when things go</FONT></P>
<P dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>wrong, ideally where they will come in and fix the machine.</FONT></P>
<P dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Up till now we have purchased locally, but I have been asked to spread</FONT></P>
<P dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>the net more widely, for comparison at least.</FONT></P>
<P dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any recommended suppliers, good experiences stories etc?</FONT></P>
<P dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cheers, Keith</FONT></P>
<P dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Keith Richardson</FONT></P>
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