So my school just got screwed by Fujitsu

[Smartazz]

So my High School decided to buy 1000 tablet pcs for every student and faculty member in the building. They're $2200 a piece and this year they cheated the upcoming Freshman by giving them refurbished laptops without telling them. The school's administrators didn't even notice that Fujitsu was pulling this trick. Parents called in who noticed this, so not only did they price gauge everyone, they completely ripped them off. Their service is horrible btw, what a waste, going with IBM would have probobly been a better idea.

edit:
I forgot to mention the specs:
Pentium M 1.6GHZ
256MB RAM
40GB 4200RPM HDD
12" tablet screen
4 hours of battery life
DVD combo drive

 

[Sphexi]

Very likely they have a contract, and that contract says either they all have to be new tablets, in which case Fujitsu will have to replace them, or that they can be refurbished, in which case your school should've paid better attention.

Either way, doesn't bother me too much. There are much better ways to spend that kind of money for a school than on computers the students don't need.

 

[Lucky]

Wow, you've seen the contract that says they have to provide new computers to every class?

 

[Smartazz]

Originally posted by: Sphexi
Very likely they have a contract, and that contract says either they all have to be new tablets, in which case Fujitsu will have to replace them, or that they can be refurbished, in which case your school should've paid better attention.

Either way, doesn't bother me too much. There are much better ways to spend that kind of money for a school than on computers the students don't need.

The computers are nice, but I would have gotten a mac if I only used it for school work.

 

[Smartazz]

Originally posted by: Lucky
Wow, you've seen the contract that says they have to provide new computers to every class?

Our technology administrator said that they broke the contract.

 

[FoBoT]

Govt school FTL

 

[SSP]

Thats what they get for wasting money on stupid things.

 

[Baked]

High school students need tablet PCs because?

 

[intogamer]

Atleast you get Tablet PCs!!!!

stop complaining

 

[dquan97]

Hope the tech admin is already doing something about it

 

[duragezic]

Wow, stupid. So many townships and cities complaining of massive budget shortfalls in recent year, yet so many Elemetary/Middle/High schools manage to have money for this absolute waste.

 

[Smartazz]

Originally posted by: dquan97
Hope the tech admin is already doing something about it

I think they're sueing them.

 

[everman]

wtf do high school students need tablet PCs for?

 

[biggestmuff]

Originally posted by: SSP
Thats what they get for wasting money on stupid things.

Word. Eff 'em!

 

[Smartazz]

Originally posted by: duragezic
Wow, stupid. So many townships and cities complaining of massive budget shortfalls in recent year, yet so many Elemetary/Middle/High schools manage to have money for this absolute waste.

Actually, this school isn't part of the town ship, our school is private. I've never heard of a public school buying laptops for kids.

 

[BehindEnemyLines]

Why would high school students get tablet PC?. Faculties are okay, but students? Such a waste of money. Might as well use the money for salary increase, school events, programs or just buy those one-in-all desktops (much cheaper although not a laptop).

Is the $2200 part of the tutition?

Rather confused???? $2200 a pop?

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: everman
wtf do high school students need tablet PCs for?

to play solitaire in boring classes duh!

 

[waggy]

what a waste of money.

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: Baked
High school students need tablet PCs because?

Exactly what I was thinking.

Give the extra cash to the teachers.

 

[wazzledoozle]

What a waste.

 

[Smartazz]

Originally posted by: BehindEnemyLines
Why would high school students get tablet PC?. Faculties are okay, but students? Such a waste of money. Might as well use the money for salary increase, school events, programs or just buy those one-in-all desktops (much cheaper although not a laptop).

Is the $2200 part of the tutition?

Rather confused???? $2200 a pop?

You pay tuition, plus $2200 extra that you must pay to be in the school. All together, it's pricey.

 

[secretanchitman]

ever since the class of 09' kids came in, they all got the option of buying tablet pcs (some toshiba with pentium M 1.73Ghz, 512MB ram, etc). this year, they get screwed over because the price dropped significantly and now the tablet pcs got upgraded to dual-core (yonah, not core 2 duo/merom), 1GB of ram, a dvd-rw drive (the original tablet pcs had NO cd drive at all), etc.

i dont see the point of getting tablet pcs in our school.

 

[Smartazz]

I forgot to mention the specs:
Pentium M 1.6GHZ
256MB RAM
40GB 4200RPM HDD
12" tablet screen
4 hours of battery life
DVD combo drive

What a bargain eh? What a fvcking piece of sh!t.

 

[Leros]

Man my old high school doesnt even have enough money to buy books for all the classes.

 

[simms]

hahha... IBM would've done you MUCH better.