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News about NSW Department of Education and Training's netbooks tender
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Windows 7 enabled netbooks for schools to include open source software
The 267,000 Windows 7 based netbooks that the NSW Government has started rolling out to high schools will come pre-installed with open source software. The initial roll out that began today will see the 70,000 Year 9 students in NSW schools have a Windows 7 enabled Lenovo IdeaPad S10e by the end of this year.
By Dahna McConnachie | 26 August, 2009 15:37
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Linux shortlisted for DET netbooks, beaten by XP
Today's modern desktop operating systems of Windows Vista, Apple Mac OS X, and Linux still fail to address the basic requirements of the NSW Department of Education and Training's netbook project and instead the older Windows XP remains the platform of choice for more than 260,000 computers.
By Rodney Gedda | 07 April, 2009 09:35
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NSW education drops $150M for 267,000 school notebooks
The NSW Department of Education and Training (DET) has selected Microsoft and Lenovo as the suppliers for a 267,000 unit netbook deployment for teachers and students costing $150 million.
By Rodney Gedda | 01 April, 2009 12:04
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