A lot of these problems aren't so much 'computer problems' but poor administration. Schools decided they needed to lock things down so much slowed down the lap

A lot of these problems aren't so much 'computer problems' but poor administration. Schools decided they needed to lock things down so much slowed down the laptops. If a child is looking at things they shouldn't in class they should be disciplined by the teacher, not having software do the teachers job that they can google how to get around. get a fucking proxy for one. if they're that concerned, whitelist sites (however that would be a major major pain in the ass). some minor expenditure on setting up a standard image and a school network supporting PXE rebuilds would at least solve some of these issues. (got a virus? hit f12 to rebuild. little johnny lost his work? little johnny just learnt the value of backing up his data.). getting a decent router and having administration of a approved mac list (yes they can be spoofed but it's a hurdle that most ipad using parents/etc wouldn't do). or just changing the password every term goddamit. they also bought cheap, bad notebooks, why are they not surprised that the lifecycle is short? frustrating reading things like this but it's not surprising.