Andrew Timson

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• Pigeon commented on Clickbait spasm: 14 gizmos I used in 2015
  Really? You said it'd cost much the same either way, and it seems to me that avoiding the introduction of new and unfamiliar problems (of the existence of which this discussion is evidence) would be desirable....
• anonemouse commented on Clickbait spasm: 14 gizmos I used in 2015
  While I can't recommend them as such, never having done used them, the cheap tablets available through DealExtreme or Alibaba are apparently quite good for the money - and the money can be very small indeed....
• anonemouse commented on Clickbait spasm: 14 gizmos I used in 2015
  Aaaargh, total proofreading failure. The pain, the agony, etc....
• Robert Prior commented on Clickbait spasm: 14 gizmos I used in 2015
  Cost is the same. However, new textbooks require all the money up-front, while ebooks are a yearly fee. We don't have the money for a course set of new textbooks, but we can afford the yearly license (approximately 10% of the textbook cost)....
• Martin commented on Clickbait spasm: 14 gizmos I used in 2015
  Our kids' school has just moved from a trial, optional, BYOD into a full compulsory BYOD scheme from secondary. They've taken all of their existing IT kit from the secondary school, and pushed it down into the primary department so that it's school-provided in primary. The primary needs could be met by a just-over-£100 Tesco Hudl; in secondary, by a just-over-£200 netbook. Offhand and without looking, I think it was 1GB of RAM / 256GB of disk as a guidance minimum. What pushed the prices up was the insurance deal; essentially, a premium that over three years, comes to about...