Fresno Unified officials buy 1,000 wireless laptops that will fit on students' desktops.

From Fresno Bee -

Fresno Unified school officials has purchased 1,000 Asus Eee PCs which they hope will
help their 69,000 students increase test scores through the ability to research information on the Internet, as well as halt five years of declining enrollment by enticing parents to send their children to the district's schools.

In the next few weeks, the laptops will be in about 60 classrooms at 16 other schools. They will be shared by students and will remain in the classrooms.

Fresno Unified's endeavor is the first of its kind in the nation because the laptop maker, ASUS, unveiled the 7-inch creation just last week. Fresno Unified was the first school district to purchase ASUS' 7-inch laptop.

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