US Laptop Shortage Could Derail Remote Learning:
As students and teachers prepare for a return to in-person learning for at least some of the time this fall, many of the nation's schools are facing shortages and delays for laptops and tablets needed for online learning, an Associated Press investigation revealed.
Lenovo, HP and Dell, the nation's largest computer companies, have informed school districts that they are short nearly five million laptops.
[...] Last month, at the request of President Donald Trump, the U.S. Department of Commerce imposed sanctions on 11 Chinese companies, including Lenovo, AP reported. School administrators have asked the Trump administration to devise a solution because remote learning without laptops is impossible.
Lenovo has informed school districts of the supply chain delays and the trade controls set by the Commerce Department, which would cause another slowdown. Lenovo declined to respond to an inquiry from AP.
Have any Soylentils run into this?
(Score: 2) by boltronics on Monday August 31 2020, @03:34AM
I was going to say "back in the day we used desktops and usually preferred them", but I see you're looking back a bit further than that. :)
Anyway, I'm sure they're not short on both desktops and laptops, and most TVs in the last 10+ years have HDMI ports and function as a monitor in a pinch.
Heck, use a cheap Raspberry Pi. The latest models are easily fast enough for typical educational purposes.
It's GNU/Linux dammit!