Hard Glass All in One Computers

[petben]

Hello, can anyone recommend all in one computers with hard glass screens (for IT Rooms and a bit of abuse)? reputable suppliers, 5Y NBD warranties etc.

 

Dell and HP do some v. slick looking AIO computers but I am concerned with a standard TFT screen, students may squeeze the screen (on purpose), this is not a warranty repair, we can’t replace the screen as its AIO, we ask for the cost of an out of warranty repair, it's £300+. Then it’s end of life....

 

 

Thanks for any ideas.

[TechMonkey]

We have had VeryPC AIO for 4 years now and have been brilliant, went for the tough screen for exactly the reasons you state. Our school isn't even very rough but all it takes is an accident and it all goes horribly wrong. Edited March 14, 2019 by TechMonkey

[dhicks]

We have had VeryPC AIO for 4 years now and have been brilliant

 

Just to second this post, we've had VeryPC all-in-ones around the school (generally as teacher workstations in classrooms, so not hard screens) for 4 or 5 years now, and I don't think we've had issues with any of them - no complaints from any teachers, and their performance is still perfectly decent.

[Zoom7000]

I've got some Dell 7440 AIO at my school. The regular model comes with a soft screen, but the touch screen model comes with a glass screen. I'm pretty happy with the PC, but the last time I checked, the price had shot through the roof!

[Arthur]

Dell and HP do some v. slick looking AIO computers but I am concerned with a standard TFT screen, students may squeeze the screen (on purpose)

Are you looking at the Dell and HP AIOs with touch screens? They have a "hard glass" screen.

 

Like @Zoom7000, none of the Dell AIOs (7440/7450) at my school have been damaged.

 

One big benefit of Dell PCs (over VeryPC and Stone PCs) is that they are easier to manage when it comes to drivers and BIOS updates/settings.

Edited March 14, 2019 by Arthur

[Orangescott]

There's a company called Target components who build bespoke PC's.

 

If you have the inclination find the components first get them priced then ask for a build. build and warranty shouldn't cost anymore than £25

[Garacesh]

We've had AIO's from Stone and they're pretty decent, and their touch and non-touch models are both hard glass. A few hiccoughs here and there, but they're not bad,

 

Had the odd failure as to be expected, and there's an issue where once in a blue moon the networking will stop working on one of them until you disconnected the system battery and give it a few seconds, but I suspect by now they'll have fixed that on newer models.

Pretty sure Stone do NBD warranties too. I know they've sent someone with an entire new machine once or twice to swap out (backlight failure etc)

 

I'm not entirely convinced AIO's are the right way to go, though. Warranties tend to go to 5 years at a max, and let's face it, we're operating hardware for way longer than that. Our older machines, if the screen or PSU dies we can just swap out a new one.. AIO's not so much.

[FN-GM]

We've had AIO's from Stone and they're pretty decent, and their touch and non-touch models are both hard glass.

 

I am pretty sure all their all in ones are all hard glass.

 

 

I'm not entirely convinced AIO's are the right way to go, though. Warranties tend to go to 5 years at a max, and let's face it, we're operating hardware for way longer than that. Our older machines, if the screen or PSU dies we can just swap out a new one.. AIO's not so much.

 

I suppose it depends on the school. None of our machines are over 5 years old. It also depends on the PC. The Dell AIO machines are pretty easy to work on, I have repaired a few myself. Apple not so (no shock there though!).

 

 

 

Oddly enough we had more damage when we had hard glass all in ones. Mostly small chips that had been caused when they had been stored - I think they caught the edges of the racking.

 

 

Lenovo also do hard glass AIO machines.

Edited March 14, 2019 by FN-GM

[Orangescott]

We've had AIO's from Stone and they're pretty decent, and their touch and non-touch models are both hard glass. A few hiccoughs here and there, but they're not bad,

 

Had the odd failure as to be expected, and there's an issue where once in a blue moon the networking will stop working on one of them until you disconnected the system battery and give it a few seconds, but I suspect by now they'll have fixed that on newer models.

Pretty sure Stone do NBD warranties too. I know they've sent someone with an entire new machine once or twice to swap out (backlight failure etc)

 

I'm not entirely convinced AIO's are the right way to go, though. Warranties tend to go to 5 years at a max, and let's face it, we're operating hardware for way longer than that. Our older machines, if the screen or PSU dies we can just swap out a new one.. AIO's not so much.

 

AIO's are horrible to sell and horrible to warranty. The HP or Dell Coat hanger PC's was always the way i'd try to send people. I think Stone are really good and really cheap for, always a struggle competing with them

 

Can I suggest to anyone looking for desktops or laptops that the new HP Desktop as a service is worth a look... it's new and cool and it'll help with budgeting etc... it's basically pay monthly/subscription but in these times of austerity business managers are wagging their tales at it

[LTurner3692]

I use to love Stone! since coming out of education i haven't used them!

[Fazza]

we can’t replace the screen as its AIO

 

Why not? Never not been able to replace one myself, unless the new AIO's glue their screens in to place like a lot of tablets do, then for the ones I've seen it's no different to replacing a screen on a laptop - remove the case screws, disconnect and remove the screen and replace with spare part ordered from one of our suppliers. Done this several times on AIO PCs.

 

Ironically, the only monitors we've had smashed have been the hard screen ones when a cleaner has accidentally knocked them over!!