| NSW education drops $150M for 267,000 school notebooks | 
			
				| Posted by: Justina Spencer | 
			
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				| The NSW Department of Education and Training (DET) has selected Microsoft and Lenovo as the suppliers for a 267,000 unit netbook deployment for teachers and students costing $150 million. 
 NSW Premier Nathan Rees today announced the contract “to build [sic] up to 267,000 laptops” is the beginning the joint federal and state government “Digital Education Revolution”.
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				| Source: Australian Techworld (AUS) | Published: April 2nd, 2009 |