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

Wed Aug 23 07:59:41 EST 2006

Recent Optima desktops have a problem with the start button but generally we have found Optima desktops to be very competitive on price, sturdy and the service very good.
I cannot say the same about the recent laptops we purchased. Constant problems, not fully tested by Optima before release on the 2GB RAM option. Response from Optima was like pulling teeth at times - took well over 10 months to "fix" the problem.

We purchase rather than lease - like Stephen Digby, we find the money saved is substantial and the flexibility with older PC's are great advantages. Sure it's a nuisance when you need to replace them or repair old machines but it has allowed us to have a much better student/computer ratio than if we had leased.

Apart from the obvious service and replacement advantages of leasing, I would be very keen to hear of how it can be more financially viable.

Chris Valmadre
(Director of Learning Technologies)

St Joseph's College Geelong
135 Aphrasia St
Newtown Vic 3220

Ph: 03 5226 8142
Fax: 03 5221 6983
Email: chrisv at sjc.vic.edu.au
Website: www.sjc.vic.edu.au

-----Original Message-----
From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au]On
Behalf Of Kathy Lewis
Sent: Monday, 21 August 2006 11:00 AM
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Subject: [Year 12 IPM] RE: Good PC vendors + BRANDS

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
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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

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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

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On Behalf Of Trent Bolte
Sent: Monday, 21 August 2006 8:29 AM
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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.

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Sent: Friday, 18 August 2006 2:31 PM
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I'll second that.
Cameron

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Cameron Bell
Learning Technologies Coordinator
Mooroolbark College
Mooroolbark College is a Yarra Valley e-Learning Community School
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On Behalf Of Andrew Sutton
Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 12:36 PM
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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

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Sent: Friday, 18 August 2006 8:35 AM
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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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Sent: Thursday, 17 August 2006 12:40 PM
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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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Trish Cotter
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