[Year 12 IPM] RE: Good PC vendors + BRANDS + Leasing?

Mon Aug 21 16:26:23 EST 2006

McKinnon SC leases.  Have done so for a decade.  The only way to go, IMHO.

tbolte at mercycollege.melb.catholic.edu.au wrote:
> Anoyone out there actually 'purchasing' machines rather than leasing?
> Cheers
> 
> Trent Bolte
> 
> "Kathy Lewis" <lewis.katherine.k at edumail.vic.gov.au> on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 10:59:37 +1000 wrote:
>>  
>> Hello Everyone,
>> We purchase all our IT equipment from 'Optima Technology Solutions'. The
>> service is excellent and very professional and the equipment is reliable and
>> excellent quality. All our PC's, UPS's and servers are leased with a 3-yr
>> turn around.
>> Optima's details are:
>> Michael Collins
>> State Education Team Leader
>> Optima Technology Solutions
>> Phone   : 03 8645-7777
>> Fax        : 03 9645-4100
>> Mobile : 0407 059 759
>> michaelc at optima.com.au
>> Hope this helps you,
>> Kathy
>>
>> Katherine Lewis
>> Co-Acting Assistant Principal
>> ICT/Systems Manager
>> ARIES Instructor
>> OH&S Staff Representative
>> La Trobe Secondary College
>> Waiora Road,
>> MACLEOD Vic 3085
>> ( 03 9459 9633
>> (  03 9459 1671
>>   lewis.katherine.k at edumail.vic.gov.au
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au] On
>> Behalf Of RILEY, Bruce
>> Sent: Monday, 21 August 2006 8:52 AM
>> To: Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management
>> Teachers'Mailing List
>> Subject: RE: [Year 12 IPM] Good PC vendors + BRANDS
>>
>> Hi Trent,
>> This year we have leased 240 DELL PCs and 39 DELL notebooks. We have been
>> very happy with the machines, the support and servicing. A couple have had
>> power supplies die but these were fixed promptly. The only issue we have had
>> is that the DELL badges are easily removed. We solved this with supa glue.
>> Bruce
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> ------------
>>  
>> Bruce Riley
>> ICT Manager
>> Kew High School
>> 1393 Burke Road
>> East Kew, Victoria. 3102
>> Australia
>>  
>> Phone: 61 3 9859 8652
>> Fax: 61 3 9819 7880
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au]
>> On Behalf Of Trent Bolte
>> Sent: Monday, 21 August 2006 8:29 AM
>> To: 'Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management Teachers'
>> Mailing List'
>> Subject: RE: [Year 12 IPM] Good PC vendors + BRANDS
>>
>> Hello Again
>> Another part to my original question that I meant to ask was which brad
>> would you go with taking into account mainly reliability but also usability.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Trent Bolte
>>
>> Learning Technology Coordinator
>>
>> Mercy College, Coburg.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au]
>> On Behalf Of Bell, Cameron P
>> Sent: Friday, 18 August 2006 2:31 PM
>> To: Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management
>> Teachers'Mailing List
>> Subject: RE: [Year 12 IPM] Good PC vendors
>>
>> I'll second that.
>> Cameron
>>
>> _________________________________________
>> Cameron Bell
>> Learning Technologies Coordinator
>> Mooroolbark College
>> Mooroolbark College is a Yarra Valley e-Learning Community School
>> _________________________________________
>>   
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au]
>> On Behalf Of Andrew Sutton
>> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 12:36 PM
>> To: 'Year 12 Information Technology Processing and
>> ManagementTeachers'Mailing List'
>> Subject: RE: [Year 12 IPM] Good PC vendors
>>
>> Sorry if this sounds too much like an ad but this is an honest
>> response....We get most of our stuff from Learning With Technologies (
>> www.LWT.com.au ) which have mainly Acer stuff and they are quite cheap.
>> They
>> sell mostly to schools. It's run by a bloke called Paul Doherty who used to
>> be with the Department of Education and helped set up a bunch of IT programs
>> and they seem to know what is going on in terms of ICT in education.  We
>> have found them great to deal with even though we are quite a long way away.
>> We find the Acer warranties very good and they let you open up the box
>> yourself if there is a simple fix that you don't want to bother having to
>> wait for a technician to come out and fix.  
>> That became an issue from us when we bought a bunch of computers that had to
>> be taken back because they wouldn't let us loosen the screws on the floppy
>> drives that they tightened up too much, so we loaded up the computers into
>> the school car and took them to Melbourne when we had a PD day.  On the
>> bolte bridge there was an accident ahead of us.  We stopped.  The car behind
>> us didn't.  I wish I had a camera to capture the look on her face when we
>> opened up our boot to reveal $15,000 worth of computers.  Interestingly she
>> did have a camera in her glove box to record the damage, which begged the
>> question how often did she have car accidents, but that is getting a little
>> off track. 
>>
>> Andrew Sutton
>> IT / SOSE Teacher
>> St Arnaud Secondary College
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au]
>> On
>> Behalf Of Trent Bolte
>> Sent: Friday, 18 August 2006 8:35 AM
>> To: 'Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management
>> Teachers'Mailing List'
>> Subject: [Year 12 IPM] Good PC vendors
>>
>> I know it's not IPM related but can anyone out there recommend a PC vendor
>> for schools?
>> So far I've investigated HP, DELL and Acer.  We are looking to get 100 basic
>> units and about 14 multimedia/graphics units.  Based on value for money I'm
>> currently leaning towards DELL (we're not getting laptops ;) or HP.
>>
>>
>> Trent Bolte
>>
>> Learning Technology Coordinator
>>
>> Mercy College, Coburg.
>>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au]
>> On Behalf Of Trish Cotter
>> Sent: Thursday, 17 August 2006 12:40 PM
>> To: ipm at edulists.com.au
>> Subject: Re: [Year 12 IPM] Aggregated and detailed information
>>
>>
>> In fact the best example of detailed information is the supermarket invoice
>> / docket which details everything (item by item) that was bought in one
>> transaction.
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>> ---
>> Regards,
>> Trish Cotter
>> ^^^^^
>> tcotter at koonung.vic.edu.au
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> ---
> Trent Bolte
> Learning Technology Coordinator
> Mercy College, Coburg
> 
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