Dell Latitude 2100 for K-12 Students

Dell Latitude. Image credit: Dell's official Flickr account.

School’s starting in my country in two weeks’ time and now I read about Dell Latitude 2100s as K-12 friendly. Interestingly enough these nifty netbooks have rubberized casings so that it won’t easily slip from the hands of students. And the units are quite colorful too.

Dell - www.dell.com

Some nifty features:

• optional touchscreen
• webcam (say, “Hi, Teacher!”)
• labeling window – personalize your netbook so they know who owns which unit
• network activity light that warns teachers if their students are using the WiFi connection instead of focusing on their studies
• you could get it with Ubuntu, instead of Windows
• 3-cell or 6-cell battery
• option to choose between an SSD and a HDD – if you know your learners might be better off with an SSD, why not?

If you’ve been imagining a future with students all using laptops and netbooks, it would have to be designed specifically for them. Not just the software that they will use but the design of the unit itself. I think that Dell’s considerations in the design they have are well thought of.

Here I am crossing my fingers that more schools will embrace the Linux-powered units!