s purchase and think you certainly could not go wrong with this choice - if=
it is a netbook you want. There are several good options in the market - =
Lenovo (a little cheaper), Toshiba, HP (more expensive but more sturdy), et=
c. but the ASUS has the most robust feature set and great battery life. W=
e bought the top end 1005HA's with 10 hour battery life figuring that in a =
two years they will still be able to last all day without needing a replace=
ment battery. We bought these through Govconnection and were pleased with =
the price and delivery.
Win Xp does not present security issues, but you will not be able to manage=
the machines with group policies. We are trying a config where there is o=
nly one login, student, and where printing is done by IP, and students util=
ize Google Apps for Education. This way the students can get into the mach=
ines quickly, they never need to authenticate with our network and they sti=
ll have access to their own files and can print. Not sure how this is goin=
g to work, but I am really looking forward to finding out. Feel free to co=
ntact me directly if you have more specific questions.
John Caballero
Heathwood Hall Episcopal School
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EDU] On Behalf Of Inman, Alex
Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 10:25 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Netbooks for laptop cart
Hi Maureen,
Keith Gillette of Lake Forest County Day manages a Low Cost Laptop Matrix
for the Illinois School's CIO group. It has a ton of good info.
You can find it here:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=3DpGI-3Z-A_7XFXQOd9W3r9GQ
or HERE <http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=3DpGI-3Z-A_7XFXQOd9W3r9GQ>.
Take care,
Alex
--------------------------------------------
Alex Inman
Director of Technology
Whitfield School
St. Louis, MO
314-434-5141 phone
314-434-6193 fax
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Maureen Tumenas <maureentumenas@gmail.com>w=
rote:
> I've been asked to research/purchase netbooks for a laptop cart, which wi=
ll
> be primarily used by middle school students. I am leaning towards Asus
> 1005HA, but am looking for input from others who have purchased this, or
> other brands/models that I should compare as well. Are there issues with
> using XP home as the operating system? Does not being able to join the
> domain present any security issues that I should be aware of?
>
> TIA for your help
>
> Maureen Tumenas
> Berkshire Country Day School
> Lenox, MA
>
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