Donna,
Bretford sells the timer to retro-fit older carts as well. I think we may have the timer on the spring co-op.
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Bonnstetter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us>
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 11:41 AM
Subject: Re: [info-tech] Notebook Computer Carts
We bought one of the Bretford carts from the co-op several years ago to house the 16 Mac iBooks we bought. It's been wonderful. Last year we got a Star Schools grant and bought 20 laptops. THey were Gateways and were bigger than the iBooks. We saw that Bretford made a larger cart that would hold up to 24 computers so we purchased it. Big Mistake!! The computers have to be laid flat rather than standing up. The plugins are in the front on the sides of 2 panels. (Not in the back the way they are on the smaller cart.) These are close enough together that the students can barely get the computers put in. When some are in the cart and plugged in it is a struggle to put away any others. And the 2 sides of the cart have to be plugged into 2 separate electrical circuits. (I wish we had seen that timer sooner.) Our janitor is trying to redo the cart to make it more useable, but it's a big problem. So I would not suggest buying that cart.
-- Donna Bonnstetter Tech Coordinator West Bend-Mallard Community School Box 247 West Bend, IA 50597 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "Take care of your body as if you were going to live forever. Take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow."
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