[senit] Re: indestructible laptops

From: "Anna A.W. Wilson" <aaww3876 at john-watson.oxon.sch.uk>

I'd echo Mark's points about the power cable 'release' being a big  
plus from our experience; we've had to replace 3 laptops in the past  
few years due to them having the older style connection (and as we  
all know, you just can't guarantee that laptops with multiple users  
are always adequately charge to not need mains power from time to  
time). It's also very easy to switch between logged in users to  
secure one person's work and move over to the other if that might be  
useful for you too.
We're planning to buy one of the mobile classrooms next year, so I  
can't comment from personal experience on how secure and robust the  
trolley is that Mark's given a link to, but the reason we're buying  
one is because I've felt reassured by the recommendations of other  
people I work with who have used them.

Sean O'Sullivan
sean.frankwise at easynet.co.uk
Deputy Headteacher
Frank Wise School, Banbury
http://www.frankwise.oxon.sch.uk

http://www.parkroadict.co.uk

On 23 May 2007, at 15:12, webmaster at aylesburyvale-sec.bucks.sch.uk  
wrote:

> From: "Anna A.W. Wilson" <aaww3876 at john-watson.oxon.sch.uk>
>> Hi, Could anyone recommend a make and model of very sturdy
>> laptops to use with students? I would like to buy some
>> laptops on a trolly that can be used as a portable ICT
>> suite?
>
> For day to day classroom use MacBooks are pretty hard to
> beat. Everything you could need is built in, including a
> videocamera. In terms of durability I find Apple products
> really do last. Even when being used by students. We still
> have a very old iMac running the original OSX which is still
> being used!
>
> MacBooks also have magsafe which means they don't get pulled
> onto the floor when you trip over the lead!
>
> http://www.apple.com/uk/education/mobileclassroom/
>
> http://www.apple.com/uk/macbook/macbook.html
>
> Hope this helps
>
>
>
>
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