Wasn't aware of a shortage of school computers, imo growing up in Florida it was more of a shortage of competent IT staff. In middle school I was able to use N

Wasn't aware of a shortage of school computers, imo growing up in Florida it was more of a shortage of competent IT staff. In middle school I was able to use Net Send, granted this was pre SP2 for WinXP but that was a great way to have fun, meanwhile in highschool it was veritas backup software, open network directories and simple permissions that, should've been locked down vs any semi competent kid could do, nefarious stuff. Of course, I never did. Ever. But the computers were never that used, I don't think we even had AD for unique user names, and we did not have email addresses. Computers were on a domain and there were some user names, but simple simple stuff like logging in as admin was possible (by default no password on Pre SP2.) For the article, they cover refurb, and IMO that's the best answer - Microsoft gives away O365/M365/W10 for school basically free (if not free) and there's entitlements via techsoup for any non-profit, that basically mean if you file a non-profit llc, you get it if you provide a resale license and state leter of incorporation. (Resale license is pretty common for most non-profits, and allows you to waive sales tax on most purchases, because, its' for sale and ultimately will increase tax revenue for the state/county) And an 5-7yr, maybe 10yr old i3, i5, i7 is all a student needs - a majority of students just need a basic laptop that should have good parts bin because it's probbaly to get damaged, vs having something new and not having that secondary resale/used/chinese market propping up parts. Old Dell Latitudes, XPS's, For email, office apps, browing, and general computing, I don't see an issue. Especially w/ an SSD. Now, macbooks, the resale market is strong on these, 2013 macbook airs are still selling for 400$+. Yeah. Right? 2013 Dell's and Lenovos, $100'ish. And they're great computers. Most of the time the users don't even know the differences, just have Windows 10 and have it O365 ready and look in "good" shape.