We're facing the third year of many of our faculty tablets (Toshiba
R10s). As such, many of the batteries are only holding charge for a
few minutes. Our goal has been a model where we replace faculty
laptops every three years, which would mean many of these machines
would be up for replacement in the spring or next summer.
Replacement batteries run about $100 for our current models. We're
grappling with whether or not it's worthwhile to replace batteries
for faculty if we may be replacing the laptops in the next year or so.
I'm hoping you can provide some input on the following:
+ What's your current replacement model for faculty laptops? Every 2
years? 3 years? 4 years? more?
+ Do you have a replacement schedule for batteries?
+ Which makes more sense for effective integration... 4 year
rotation of laptops with a battery replacement at 2 years or 3 year
rotation with no battery replacement?
+ Do you get extended warranties on faculty hardware? If so, do the
warranties include battery and/or charger replacement?
Any suggestions you might have in this area would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Tami Brass
http://www.tech4teaching.org
http://del.icio.us/brasst
tamilb@mac.com
tbrass@spa.edu
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