Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, September 19, 2011, 9:49 AM
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Google gives 200 laptops to local high schools
Original post made on Sep 19, 2011
Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, September 19, 2011, 9:49 AM
Comments (8)
Posted by Bubb mom too
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Sep 19, 2011 at 3:13 pm
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Sep 19, 2011 at 3:13 pm
Thanks Google! Google is very supportive of Bubb school too! The employees who help with field day are terrific and so friendly. You are greatly appreciated.
Posted by Jes' Sayin'
a resident of Blossom Valley
on Sep 19, 2011 at 4:51 pm
a resident of Blossom Valley
on Sep 19, 2011 at 4:51 pm
If I got one I might see if gizmodo.com wants to buy them. Buried in the hard disk may be some future google products worth knowing about. :)
Posted by 1 Blach mom
a resident of Gemello
on Sep 20, 2011 at 8:38 am
a resident of Gemello
on Sep 20, 2011 at 8:38 am
Thank you to Google for supporting our childrens' education.
Posted by Donald
a resident of another community
on Sep 21, 2011 at 9:22 pm
a resident of another community
on Sep 21, 2011 at 9:22 pm
Thanks, Google. Will you also provide tech support, anti-virus software, automated backups and everything else the schools need to make the hardware work safely and reliably? Most schools that I know are overwhelmed by these issues and the result is a lot of insecure and infected computers that are more of a liability than an asset in a year or two.
Posted by Steven Nelson
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Sep 22, 2011 at 1:47 pm
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Sep 22, 2011 at 1:47 pm
Most of the IT department workers seem know how to do complete disk wipes and reinstalls - often over the networks. In the middle schools I usually see a fleet of similar machines (last 2 generations of iMacs or iBooks.) With a few common sets of disk images - it's not that hard to totally gut (digitally) a drive and install a completely new disk image.
Teacher scrounged (or remnant 3rd generation) machines not connected to the internet are not really mission critical machines [or are there hackers really working on Microsoft XP hacks ???]
Posted by Mikey
a resident of North Whisman
on Sep 25, 2011 at 8:19 am
a resident of North Whisman
on Sep 25, 2011 at 8:19 am
200 used laptops? Really? Wow how generous.
Posted by creditWhereDue
a resident of Blossom Valley
on Sep 25, 2011 at 9:27 pm
a resident of Blossom Valley
on Sep 25, 2011 at 9:27 pm
@Mikey
Come on Mikey, would you rather they recycle the used laptops? If they're nicer than what the schools already have then it IS a good thing. Far from the only good thing they've done for local schools anyway. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth... its rude!
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