VeryPC_Colin_M

Yup, screen is an 11.6" LED backlight Multi-Touch CineCrystal 1920 x 1080 / Full HD which I think is ample really and good value for money; be interesting to hear what the screen snobs have to say.? Shame to hear you can't benefit from the Microsoft initiative to buy into the UK education market. Do you have any close pals who work in a school..?

You'll be looking at the Surface then most likely and I think Microsoft have extended their discounted offer to schools if you convince your school? Saying that we've been knocing out the Acer Iconia W Series like it's going out of fashion. This one NT.L0QEK.001 in particular Acer ICONIA W700 - 11.6" - Core i3 2365M - Windows 8 64-bit - 4 GB RAM - 64 GB SSD - with Bluetooth Keyboard Cover is around the £475 mark and you can claim £100 cashback on it from Acer.

What operating Systems are you looking at Graham and how much wide would you be willing to open your wallet? There are some cool Android cross overs, pretty powerful with amazing screens and all the ports you'd want, or the Windows based hybrid's.

Hi Russ, PM me your details, I'd be happy to supply. Silver or Black?

Hi Gibbo, I would recommend Innov8 Disposal Ltd WEEE Disposal | Innov8 Disposal and ask for Paul McAlpine or Gemma Cooper and say VeryPC sent you. They offer the cash back you're after and are great to deal with. Cheers, Col

29.5 here at VeryPC Towers and rising. Please please be a quiet day today..

PM sent

Hi all, Have you seen the prices Microsoft are offering their Surface RT tablets at for education? Academic pricing on Surface RT - FE blog - Site Home - MSDN Blogs Oh, I'd recommend VNC too. Ta, Col

Hi LinkZ. I've PM'd you if you fancy a VeryPC option?. We love building teacher workstations, configured to order for EduGeeks.

Well done Chris!

Agreed WiFi is a no go; having spoken with over 30 customers now the solution is probably not a hardware fix or ruggedised cable, but more of a behavioral fix. I think BWestlake will appreciate all the advice given on how to manage rooms, pupils, teachers and the like to prevent deliberate damage.

Thank you everyone for contributing to BWestlake's post. It's funny how much time and money is spent on kid-proofing PC hardware, designing tamper proof power buttons, cable shrouds, scratch proof face plates, solid blanking plates, hard glass monitors etc, but no-one ever thinks about the link from the peripherals to the hardware. Suggestions would be welcome. We've thrown ideas like telephone bungee cord, reinforced cabling like you get on bike locks, and such like. There are your durable keyboards and mice with tamper proof keys, spill resistance, and even kevlar reinforced cable locks etc, but chopping through the cables could also be solved. I reckon with some good ideas and a bit of support from you guys I could get a research project kicked off here at VeryPC to look into potential solutions, cost them up and see if they'd be viable for the education market and get some prototypes out into the EduGeek community to play with. Alternatively WiFi / BT would eliminate the point of failure - but I can already see why we don't sell many of them to education.... If you think how many times you replace a Keyboard and Mouse and the cost associated with that (including lost learning time and wasted tech time) the total cost of ownership of a simple wired USB keyboard and mouse could equate to a serious amount of money..

Can you imagine if you stuck CCTV in and discovered it was the cleaner, who has a lifelong grudge against the school...

I love brown sauce. It's just tommy K I can't do. Just wait until I've got kids... (faints)

Cheers B! It'll be built by end of play tomorrow, packaged in Haribo and hand delivered by Wrigley on Thursday. Shazam!

LOL! That'd be Al..

Cheers @sparkeh!

Hi Everybody, Colin McCarthy from @VeryPC here! After years of being banned in the wilderness Al The Marketing Guy finally managed to get the higher ups of @VeryPC to see sense and get me on EduGeek as a fully sponsorised member!View Profile: VeryPC_Colin_M - EduGeek.net I work in a client focused role and love building bespoke systems for customers at brilliant prices. I enjoy cool cars, tweeting, sustainable technologies, my dogs, my lovely lady (not in that order), and am a bit of a telly addict. My current favourite shows on the telly are Fast and Loud, Gold Rush, The Apprentice, Walking Dead, Banshee, Hannibal, American Restoration, Toy Hunter, Pawn Stars, and Counts Kustoms. I have a phobia of tomato ketchup, everyone here knows it, and they've taken it upon themselves to help me overcome it.. Here are 3 facts about me, 1 is false; I am actually an NFL Linebacker I've kissed Christina Aguilera on the lips George Clooney has pinched by bum on purpose I look forward to helping the EduGeek community and meeting both old and new friends. Cheers, Col