Hi All, This may seem a little off-beam, but the list is largely people in the appropriate field ... We are thinking of embarking on a Laptops-for-All scheme within the school, and would like to provide both wholly-owned and lease-lend laptops. I would like to hear (OFFLIST is probably best) from anyone who has gone through the horrors of installing a laptop on every pupil in their school. I need to be able provide our Head with a decent set of pro's, con's and possibilities. I also need to be able to quote experiences to her. Once I have produced the documents (which will, naturally, be unbiassed,) I intend to make this available to others on the list. It is my firm wish that I be able to put Linux on those lap-tops, but I doubt that our users could cope. Regards, Paul. Paul P. Ellison <SysAdm@edgecoll.clara.net> Information and Communications Technology Manager Edgehill College Northdown road Bideford Devon EX39 3LY Tel: 01237 471701 (Switchboard) 01237 426231 (Direct) Fax: 01237 425981 -------------------------------------------------------------- Legal Advisory: Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, 2000. --------------------------------------------- You are warned that all electronic communications are subject to interception for regulatory, quality control and crime detection purposes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Edgehill IT Department Email Service. Please check sender's address from body of Message for return address. Find us at: www.edgecoll.clara.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------