New Zealand schools to get Chromebooks

Techday.com has reported that Norrcom ICT will be distributing Google Chromebooks to schools across New Zealand. According to the Norrcom website "Norrcom in association with Google are now taking advance orders for Google Samsung and Acer Chromebooks pre loaded with management console. The Google Chromebook is the ideal solution for in classroom and BYOD solutions. Please email Google@norrcom.com for more details or call our Wellington office on 04 905 6940"

Paul Morris, the Managing Director of Norrcom “Google recognizes our strong reputation for honest dealing with schools contending with slashed budgets, financial pressures, an ever changing ICT roadmap, we dislike spending excesses when we know many workable, cost-effective options are available. This agreement merely strengthens our position.”

Norrcom is unable to provide dates, or individual unit cost at this time but they are taking pre-orders.