Fresno United School District deploys more than 7,000 HP Mini-Note PCs

As part of its efforts to facilitate the adoption and integration of technology in schools, HP (NYSE:HPQ) today announced computing products, education solutions and 2008 HP Technology for Teaching Leadership Award winners at the National Educational Computing Conference.

During a media breakfast at the event, education customers and HP executives discussed the following news:

• Volume deployment of HP Mini-Note PC
• New workstation and mobile calculating offerings
• Web 2.0 and planning tools for technology assimilation
• 2008 HP Technology for Teaching Leadership Award winners

“HP strives to help educators, administrators and students benefit from a 21st century learning environment,” said Brian Becker, director of education, HP.

Volume deployment of HP Mini-Note PC

To help schools offer affordable computers to every student, HP worked with educators to design a full-function Mini-Note PC priced starting under $500.⁽¹⁾ Weighing slightly more than 2.5 pounds, the HP Mini-Note PC is smaller and lighter than many math or science books.

Fresno (Calif.) United School District is deploying more than 7,000 HP Mini-Note PCs to its K-12 students. “The HP Mini-Note is a powerful laptop that is small enough to fit on students’ desks along with their textbooks and papers, allowing them access to the Internet and educational content from around the world without leaving their seats,” said Kurt Madden, chief technology officer, Fresno United School District.

New workstation and mobile calculating offerings

HP also announced the availability of a new AMD quad-core processor-based workstation that offers the power of a workstation for the price of a PC. Starting at $599,⁽¹⁾ the affordable HP xw4550 workstation can run the high-performance applications pertinent to learning advanced subjects such as digital forensics, mechanical computer aided design and video production.

With the HP xw4550, networked learning centers, computer labs and libraries can be equipped with more workstations at a lower cost and provide faculty with easy access to centralized information. In addition, the HP xw4550 workstation is secure, safe, durable and student-proof, with desktop controls and icons that can be locked down. The workstations offer quick initial installation and software upgrades and lower energy usage for additional cost savings.

HP Mobile Calculating Lab (MCL) solutions bring classroom math and science experiments to life.