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Queensland Schoolkids Win Tablet Rollout

by pcm_admin
June 4, 2013
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Almost 14,000 secondary school students in Queensland will be the recipients of the largest deployment of Windows 8 tablets.

Valued at around $13 million, the deal will see a majority of Year 9 students receiving Acer Computer tablets running the new Microsoft operating system. Acer Australia National Education Sales Manager, Derek Walker, said that 11,327 units would be distributed to Year 9 students. The remaining 2665 units are to be distributed to other high schools. 

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