Pristine_Condition
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Something's going on here...
Now, set aside the fact that this is DETROIT we're talking about here...the same Detroit that's been guilt-tripping the rest of America for the last 40 years for not buying cars from an American company, bypassing US-based companies like Dell, HP, and Apple to purchase their netbooks, let's just talk about the numbers.
So, 40,000 Asus EEE netbooks, 5,500 desktops, and 4,300 printer/scanners cost a whopping $49.4 million?
WTF?
If I'm buying 40,000 netbooks from Asus, I'm thinking that'll run me around $350 ea. MAX. (It should actually be a lot less, but just for grins I'll keep it here.) That's $14 million.
The additional 5,500 desktops, let's price those at $1200 ea. You should be able to get some BADASS desktops for that when buying that many for that price. That's $6.6 million.
Printer/scanners? Let's be really generous and say each classroom gets a HP LaserJet CM2320nf Multifunction Color Laser Printer. You can find those for $560 at retail. Do that 4,300 times with no price break for quantity and that's around $2.4 million.
So out of $49.4 million, that leaves $26.4 million unspent. So where in the heck is the rest of the money?
Detroit The digital divide soon will be history in Detroit Public Schools.
Beginning in February, every student in grades 6-12, and every teacher in the district, will receive or have access to an ASUS Eee Netbook, as part of what they're calling a massive technology infusion.
At a press conference this morning, Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb said the $49.4 million investment in classroom technology upgrades was necessary for students to compete in a global market.
"This will open our classrooms to the world," he said, addressing students and staff at the Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Aerospace Technical High School. "We are moving Detroit Public Schools into the new millennium, and students no longer will have barriers to technology."
The laptops are being purchased with federal stimulus funding. The district also is buying than 5,000 desktop computers and printer/scanners for every classroom in the district. An additional 533 HP desktop computers were purchased for the 138 early childhood classrooms in the district.
From The Detroit News: http://detnews.com/article/20110104...ll-end-barriers-to-technology#ixzz1A6H9nP45
The massive technology infusion totals 50,000 pieces of equipment -- including 4,300 printer/scanners and more than 500 HP desktop computers for the 138 early childhood classrooms in the district.
Read more: Detroit Public Schools: 40,000 kids to get laptops from stimulus funds | freep.com | Detroit Free Press http://www.freep.com/article/201101...get-laptops-from-stimulus-funds#ixzz1A6HV5Uw5
Now, set aside the fact that this is DETROIT we're talking about here...the same Detroit that's been guilt-tripping the rest of America for the last 40 years for not buying cars from an American company, bypassing US-based companies like Dell, HP, and Apple to purchase their netbooks, let's just talk about the numbers.
So, 40,000 Asus EEE netbooks, 5,500 desktops, and 4,300 printer/scanners cost a whopping $49.4 million?
WTF?
If I'm buying 40,000 netbooks from Asus, I'm thinking that'll run me around $350 ea. MAX. (It should actually be a lot less, but just for grins I'll keep it here.) That's $14 million.
The additional 5,500 desktops, let's price those at $1200 ea. You should be able to get some BADASS desktops for that when buying that many for that price. That's $6.6 million.
Printer/scanners? Let's be really generous and say each classroom gets a HP LaserJet CM2320nf Multifunction Color Laser Printer. You can find those for $560 at retail. Do that 4,300 times with no price break for quantity and that's around $2.4 million.
So out of $49.4 million, that leaves $26.4 million unspent. So where in the heck is the rest of the money?