Replacement Chromebooks

[Lisa Fusco]

My school had an awful experience with the HP Chromebook G2, we are looking to replace it with the Lenovo N21. I would welcome any comments or advice for a replacement Chromebook that this group might recommend. thank you for your advice

[Jonathan Sallée]

We have had great luck with our NL6s from CTL. 

Regards,

Jonathan T. Sallée, M.Ed.

Supervisor of Technology

Lincoln Elementary School District 156

410 West 157th Street

Calumet City, IL 60409

708.862.6620

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[Mike Connors]

We purchased  150 Lenovo ThinkPad 11e Chromebooks and had very good luck with them.  They are very sturdy but do cost a little more than most chromebooks.  This year we purchased another 500 that will be distributed to students.

Thanks,

Mike Connors
Technology Director
Riverside Brookfield High School
(708) 442-7500 x2125

"Remember Danny - Two wrongs don't make a right but three rights make a left." - Ty Webb

On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 3:56 PM, Lisa Fusco <lfu...@moriahschool.org> wrote:

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[Nickie Sattler]

We had a very similar problem with the HP 11 G2.  I have purchased Dell's new Chromebook 11 for less than what I spent for the HP 11.  They are ruggedized and seem to be a very sturdy CB.

Thanks!

Nickie Sattler
Director of Technology

Dayton Early College Academy
www.daytonearlycollege.org
(937) 414-0876

  

                        

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[Shane Hannant]

Nickie,

Those Dells look very good what was the rough price you got on them?

We have roughly 360 Acer C720 and C730 they are great devices.

Thanks Shane

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Shane Hannant

[Max Eissler]

We have had great success with the Acer C720P.   The students took them back-and-forth to home all year, and more than 95% came back spotless.  The repairs on most of the rest were relatively minor.

I've also been looking closely at the Dell's for the next cycle.  They are a sturdy design with some added classroom management features such as indicator lights on the top of the case which are viewable by the teacher when the students are using them.

Max Eissler

Chief Technology Officer
Martinez Unified School District
925-335-5941

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[Ryan Bretag]

We've been using the Lenovo 11e Yoga for over a year now with tremendous success both from a durability and future-minded usage (adding touch and seeing that growth with Android apps and touch on Chrome). Our breakage and return rates are less than 1% after our Samsungs had a 32% breakage rate. 

We are a high school district with 5,100 students total.

Ryan

Ryan Bretag

Director of Instructional Technology

Glenbrook High Schools - District 225

847-509-2566

[David Chan]

We had 800+ Acer C720s this year w/ 9th graders.  Warranty repairs were about 7% (OS issues primarily - SSD drives or motherboard fixes), but they were efficient turnaround times and lower in number during last three months.  Continuing with Acer (C740s) for next group of incoming freshmen.  Better hinges and slight improvements in casing.  Took a hard look at Dell, but the processor in Acer C740 and continued brand (power adapters are the same for the Acer models) kept us with the Acer.   

[joe du fore]

The Acers have proven very hearty and appropriately powerful.  Many many schools have been pleased with both the touchscreen and non touch versions.

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[Edward Crist]

What kind of warranty do you purchase on these units?  For how long?

Thanks!!!

Edward Crist

Technology Manager

City Charter High School

201 Stanwix St.

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

(412) 690-2489

(412) 690-2316 fax

www.cityhigh.org

cr...@cityhigh.org

[Lisa Fusco]

The first time they failed was within 30 days of the launch in September. We reached out in October after the Jewish holidays, and it wasn't until February that we received replacement chargers.

Once the replacement chargers were used they began to fail - first at 4 weeks and then continuously until the end of the year.

We are still within the first 12 months of the purchase, which is the warranty that they come with; we didn't purchase an additional warranty.

[Shane Hannant]

We have about 400 c720 and C730,  so far for us only 2 have needed warranty. We normally don't buy extended warranty with them as most of the time it's about half the price of a new one so we keep a few spares.

Having said that I am from Australia where any thing tech related has a premium price tag on it!

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Thanks
Shane Hannant

[JP Connolly]

We found that with the right volumes you can get the rugged and excellent Dell Chromebook 11"s for under $300 with 3-year accidental damage protection included at that price point. We auditioned the Acer c720 and Dell Chromebook side by side - specs are identical but the Dells are much more sturdy, use a Dell charger, and the students liked them better for whatever their reasons were :) 

JP Connolly
Director of Technology
Saint Ann's School

129 Pierrepont St.
Brooklyn, NY 11201

718.522.1660

[Edward Crist]

JP

Do your students carry the laptops to and from home?

Edward Crist

Technology Manager

City Charter High School

201 Stanwix St.

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

(412) 690-2489

(412) 690-2316 fax

www.cityhigh.org

cr...@cityhigh.org

[JP Connolly]

Ours have homes in carts, but a smaller subset go home.

[Lisa Fusco]

Yes. We provide them with Higher Ground Shuttle 2.0 cases for that purpose.

[Nickie Sattler]

+1 to the Higher Ground Shuttle 2/0 cases!  They have protected many of our chromebooks from damage!

Thanks!

Nickie Sattler
Director of Technology

Dayton Early College Academy
www.daytonearlycollege.org
(937) 414-0876

  

                        

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"Technology can become the 'wings' that will allow the educational world to fly farther and faster than ever before - if we will allow it."    - Jenny Arledge