[Ti] Previous on-the-cusp-of-new-models purchases

[Ron nie]

just curious, can't the school resell the computer?

--- Peter Krug <pkrug at mac.com> wrote:
> 
> >Just a note that will make you nuts: One lady just
> got her new iBook 
> >"package" from me (thanks to a grant) and loves it
> although she is not 
> >a computer "nut" and has to ask me over and over
> how to do this or 
> >that....they also just gave her a Palm Tungsten.
> Then lo and behold, 
> >another department of the "institution" gave her
> another new laptop 
> >with a 17" screen. She was upset because she has no
> idea what to do 
> >with one computer let alone all these computers or
> where they get the 
> >money for them! She is the last person to need two
> computers.
> >And you thought the economy was bad! :-)
> 
> Yeah, I see wasted money on computers every day. 
> Our state's (GA) lottery funds provide schools with
> a technology budget - the caveat is that the money
> can only be spent on hardware that costs more than
> $1000.  No peripherals, no support personnel
> salaries, only computers.  My department makes these
> huge purchases with Dell, just assuming that
> everyone will want a new computer.  The 30% of my
> department on macs refuse these machines, so the
> computers just sit around until another one breaks
> down and they replace it.  SO much wasted money.
> Elementary and High Schools get lots of computers -
> macs and pc's that they can't use because noone can
> support them - outside the big city the school
> system budgets can't afford tech support.  Just no
> common sense in all of this, especially since we are
> in a hiring and raise freeze in the state.  I'm sure
> there will be another pallet of Dell desktops with
> flat panel monitors arriving soon.  At least we
> won't be short of monitors and doors!
>  tops....
> 
> Sorry for the rant, folks.
> 
> Peter
> 
> pkrug at mac.com
> 
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