14 DAY TRIAL // At UK’s leading educational technology event, Bett 2014, leading chip manufacturer Intel launched a new laptop aimed at the educational sector.
The first Intel classmate PC (manufactured by HP) to become available on the market will be based on a Celeron processor N2806 and will run Windows 8.1 out of the box. A couple more versions with Windows 7 and Linux, based on Intel Celeron processor N2805 will follow somewhere later this year.
The HP Classmate Notebook will provide students and teachers with the means to access “instructional tools, learning apps and education content.”
Like the Intel tablet I told you about, the HP lappy can be fitted with a snap on magnification tool and a temperature sensor probe (via the audio jack) to help engage pupils more into experiments.
Teachers and students should expect the HP Classmate to become available this month in America, Europe and the Middle East and at a later date in Asia.