[Technical] Manufacturer Tech support - Lenovo v Aspire

Thu May 19 15:13:32 EST 2011

Hi all,

We have found Lenovo tech support to be much better than Acer, but this is
with notebooks, not netbooks. The DEET warranty that covers teacher laptops
is available for notebooks but not netbooks, and I know one local school
that switched away from Lenovo netbooks due to lack of tech support.

We have gone Lenovo laptops with DEET warranty for our Yr 7 program this
year and have been VERY happy so far.

I'm having a major staff consult about NSSCF expenditure (device selection)
as I really do not believe netbooks will deliver the goods for the expected
life cycle either physically or financially.

Neil Wallace

eLearning Manager

Norwood Secondary College

From: tech-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:tech-bounces at edulists.com.au] On
Behalf Of Alexakos, Zach Z
Sent: Thursday, 19 May 2011 11:40 AM
To: Technical Discussion in Schools Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Technical] offtopic: burning netbook hardware decisions

re: BYOT-  Like Ultranet, Ten years too late, but possibly better late than
never.  
It'll probably be another ten years before the Department accepts the use of
iPads in schools and by then everyone else will be using 3D Glasses and
holograms.  

The department wants netbooks and from what I saw in my travels to different
schools, it was a mess- and we are talking PC netbooks here- Oh the irony!

regards, 
Zach Alexakos

On 19/05/11 9:40 AM, "Roland Gesthuizen" <rgesthuizen at gmail.com> wrote:

Yes, it is kind of cool to jump between OSX and WinX, I have also learned
heaps. Pity (iPad wanted to change that to Potty) that we have some huge
iPad trials and an odd blind spot to iOS. Have you also been following the
BYOT debate?

Sent from my iPad

On 19/05/2011, at 8:30 AM, "Alexakos, Zach Z"
<alexakos.zach.z at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:

This probably won't answer your question Roland, but I have a Mac now and
I'm unlikely to go back to PC, although I'll still have one floating around
for occasional use.  News here is that our iPad submission to the department
was knocked back- something to do with some bureaucrat with a one eyed view
of PCs.  

regards, 
Zach Alexakos

On 18/05/11 6:27 PM, "Roland Gesthuizen" <rgesthuizen at gmail.com
<mailto:rgesthuizen at gmail.com> > wrote:

Rob and I are currently evaluating two different netbook devices for our
college for a 1:1 senior student deployment, comparing Acer Aspire 1830T
with the Levono X201

The Acer is slightly better spec'd, 4 year warranty, slightly lighter,
cheaper screen replacement cost ($160 vs $450) and our techs strongly favour
the Levono as it seems to have more solid looking parts, screws etc. I know
this is off topic but I am a bit concerned about the backup, support for
both and would like some anecdotal feedback and honest thoughts (either on
or off list) that I can pass on from anybody that is already using either
model in a 1:1 program.

Regards Roland

--
Roland Gesthuizen - Learning Technology Coordinator 
Keysborough Secondary College <http://www.keysboroughsc.vic.edu.au
<http://www.keysboroughsc.vic.edu.au> > , Acacia Campus

B.App.Sci., M.Ed.(ICT), ACCE Professional Associate, Educator of the year
2010

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the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead

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