Currituck County Schools Media and Tech

We have purchased several hundred refurbished computers over the last few years.  I was not satisfied with the refurbished laptops, however, we have been very happy with the desktops.  The savings have been incredible.  We recently purchased Dell Optiplex 280 computers with XP Pro licenses, 1G ram, 2.8 G processing speed, and DVD players for only $170 each.  And that includes a three year warranty!

Today I read some interesting information about the environment impact of using refurbished computers.  Significant energy is used in the production of PCs.  Reusing PCs eliminates this energy use.

Congratulations go out to Mary Simmons and Beth O’Briant.  Their article, Journey into the World of Manga and Graphic Novels, has been published in the January/February issue of the national magazine Library Media Connection.