Once all of the teachers have their own laptops what does everyone
recommend for the classroom computers - desktop or laptop?  We, too, are at
a point where the classroom computers are getting old and am wondering what
to replace them with.  I can see the speed and reliability of the desktop a
plus yet the mobility of the laptop a plus.

Thanks,
Phyllis

On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 7:41 AM, Raymond Ballou <<a href="/cgi-bin/wa?LOGON=A3%3Dind1202%26L%3DSCHOOL-IT%26E%3D0%26P%3D5422767%26B%3D--f46d0401fcedcff39904b9de0752%26T%3Dtext%252Fplain%3B%2520charset%3DISO-8859-1" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a>>wrote:

> it nice to finally see someone else making the economic argument.
>
> the technology is the bargain, it's the payroll that is the true cost.
>
> makes no sense to burden your expensive employee with cheap tools.
>
> $1,000 laptop /4 years => $250 /year
>
> Depending on the cost of the employee that works out to just 1 day of
> payroll.
>
> that means 1/180th of the total cost.
> or
> .005%
>
> going cheap with the equipment (cutting it in half, to $500) would net you
> all of .0025%/year.
>
> more of a rounding error actually.
>
>
> R
>
> ________________________________
>
> it only takes 8 hours of gained productivity per year  at $25 an hour for
> the ROI to claim the a technology tool like a laptop has paid for itself.
>