[Year 12 IT Apps] [OT] 'Ruddy' Computers

[anton yoxon]

Mark, we have the choice of laptops as well.
:)
Anton

Mark Kelly wrote:
> Hi all.  This is OT, but I just wanted to air this.  If the thread 
> develops, we can move it to the OffTopic list.
>
> I wanted to get people's ideas about the money we are being given to 
> get us to a 1:2 computer/student ratio.
>
> Yesterday I found we were entitled to apply for funding for 257 
> computers, which is wonderful except for the fact that we have nowhere 
> to put them.
>
> I could perhaps use about 45 of them, but 257?  Not unless we also get 
> funding for new buildings, cabling, tech support, software licences etc.
>
> If we applied for the maximum amount of money we are entitled to, the 
> only only option would be for use to stack the computers five-deep in 
> shipping containers on the oval.
>
> At $1000 per PC (assuming about $650 for the hardware the the rest for 
> associated expenses) I can't see it working.  And we can't just use 
> the money to replace existing computers - we have to add to the 
> existing fleet.
>
> It's starting to look like a white elephant: the gift you'd give to 
> someone you really didn't like  :-)
>
> Is anyone else in the same boat?
>
> Cheers
> Mark
>
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