My children’s grade school (K thru 8) has finally gotten together some money for new computers, roughly $10,000. This would be for desktops and a server. They are looking for advice.
It is a small school of about 300 students. The computer lab is not a big part of their school day. Computer lab time is only twice a week. The administrator is part time and an Apple fanatic. All of the current equipment is 5 to 7 years old.
Most of the parents use some form of PC/Windows in their daily lives and wonder if they should continue using Macs at the school.
I believe that we could probably get twice as much hardware by buying PC’s instead of Macs, but our maintenance and training costs would eat up any kind of savings.
It is my opinion that we should first be looking at the software they want to run first, then decide on the hardware.
Does this seem like a valid approach? Any specific factors I should look for in making purchasing decisions? I would welcome your opinions.
