Not that free laptops are a bad thing
Wot? They are an appalling thing. Free? Think what the taxpayer is paying. Think what else could be done with the same money. Bear in mind total cost of ownership, the cost of the system that's supporting them etc. Are all your roofs mended? Taps not leaking? Heating adequate? Other supplies satisfactory? Class sizes good? Lots of books in the Library? Salaries good? Plenty of teaching assistants? Citizens happy to pay higher taxes for your laptops? OK, then they aren't a bad thing, except that they mean you are paying a lot of money to fund Californian lifestyles.
- although, in a school, running laptops that are not of similar specification is a pain
Of course. Unless you buy them all at the same time and then no more. Otherwise, you have a pain.
However, a gift is a gift, and they will surely be well used ;-)
Yes, they'll do snake and many other useful things. -- Christopher Dawkins, Felsted School, Dunmow, Essex CM6 3JG 01371-822698, mobile 07816 821659 cchd@felsted.essex.sch.uk