JJ_z mentions a model that is a clone of the Lenovo laptop I bought my kid 3 weeks ago for college. Of course it was listed as a laptop on Tiger Direct, but the packaging called it a notebook. Sorry, by my understanding of the terminology a 15" LCD, Core i3 with 4G of DD3 RAM with 250G/320G HDD running 64 bit Windows 7 is a bit more than just a notebook.
He's in a film program at Keene State and they have a lab with all the beefier workstations he'll need as most portable systems aren't in the league of Lucas Films workstations.
1:1 ratios are a necessity at the college level. 1:1 may even be an expectation at the high school level. But there are necessary mental and motor skills that need to be taught and practiced at the elementary and middle school levels that are mutually exclusive of 1:1 computer useage to the point I would recommend banning computers from classrooms, and homework, for other than research purposes.
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