Gateway Puts a Twist on Educational Technology With $1.6 Million Deal for Convertible Notebook PCs in Texas School District

Gateway Puts a Twist on Educational Technology With $1.6 Million Deal for
Convertible Notebook PCs in Texas School District

Gateway, Inc. the nation’s third-largest PC company, today announced it was awarded a $1.6 million contract with United Independent School District (UISD) in Texas for M280 Convertible Notebook PCs and associated training, technical support and services. As part of the three-year contract, Gateway will provide middle school students in the district with more than 1,000 convertible notebooks for use with day-to-day instruction and online testing.

The unique design of the Gateway® M280 Convertible Notebook enables it to be easily “converted” from notebook into tablet-mode by swiveling and folding down the display. This mode is ideal for the classroom environment, allowing students to use the PC for solving mathematical equations and taking notes with a digital pen. Students can also draw diagrams and edit documents directly on the widescreen display, which provides valuable extra work space over standard format displays.

“We’re delighted that United Independent School District is investing in our tablet solution, which offers many advantages to the educational process and can help increase student engagement and learning,” said Vin Riera, vice president of public sector, Gateway. “We’ve seen great results in computing programs leveraging convertible notebooks nationwide. As a solutions provider, we will work closely with UISD to deliver the best-in-class technology, service and support that will maximize their technology investment for years to come.”

North American Based Telephone Support: While many PC vendors go off-shore to save service costs, Gateway’s technical telephone support for U.S. customers is entirely based in North America. Customers are assured their calls are handled by knowledgeable, experienced, well-trained and dedicated support agents close to home.

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