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  From: Mark <markc@trinity.sa.edu.au>
  To  : Jason Tan <jason@rebel.rebel.net.au>
        Andrew Reid <andrew.reid@plug.cx>
  Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 16:59:00 +0930

Re: MS Curriculum at schools and TAFEs ...

> > Indeed. We had a similar problem. We were offered 100 SunRays and an
> > E450 (x4 CPUs, 4GB RAM, 36GB Hard Disk) for ~100K. That's quite a decent
> > price.
>
>$100k.
>Reality check.
>
>Unfortunatley, thats like 3 or 4 years budget at a state school in an
>area with lots of young families in the south of the metro area.
>
>They are lucky to get 20-30 bottom end PCs a year and think it is a big
>thing when they do.
>
>And those PC will probably see service for 6 or 7 years, or at least that
>has been typcial to date.
>
>jason

Work out the TOC of those 20-30 machines and see what is the more 
attractive option.  I won't ruin the surprise.

Cheers
Mark Collis
Trinity College

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