As the school year draws near, the school would like to give students and parents a few reminders and recommendations about laptop computers.
Summer Holiday Purchases:
Please remember that only laptops purchased through the school may be used at Shanghai American School. If you purchase a computer elsewhere, you will not be able to use it at SAS. The computers are on a three year cycle and when the cycle ends, students and parents will be able to purchase another school computer.
If you are interested in a holiday gift, purchasing an external hard drive is an great choice as you will be able to backup all of your work and applications if an accident does occur.
Caring for your Laptop over the Holidays:
We have tracked repairs over the summer holidays for the past several years and have found that the holiday time is when most damage occurs to student computers as routines are broken. Before going anywhere for the holidays please use Time Machine to back up the computers (directions are attached to the bottom of this blog post).
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