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Article: Why buy new when used might do? Refurbished computers help stretch technology budgets.
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- District Administration
- Article date:
- January 1, 2007
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As schools face the challenge of bridging the "digital divide," the goal is typically complicated by the costs of computers and then support once they have been acquired. Many districts are therefore turning to refurbished computers as a possible solution. "Used computers have always played a critical role in our technology plans," says David Lanham, network technician and donations coordinator for the San Francisco Unified School District. "If it wasn't for them, a lot of labs and classrooms wouldn't have systems," he says.
Where They Originate
Districts sometimes refurbish computers in-house, but more likely they secure them from outside agencies that ...