Yeah, I never thought of asking the school to chip in Zero. I'll ask about that, but I'm guessing I might have to go through
FSCD and I closed my file with them years ago because they weren't worth the headache. We like our computers at home, so it's something we'd consider getting him anyway. The techie at school, who knows my son, thinks the netbook would be best for him and we both think that having the actual keyboard would be better for him to learn to type on. His muscle disorder is hypotonia which means that his muscle tone is weak. He gets help and assessed by an occupational therapist every year and his teachers have always taken his needs into consideration. On longer written assignments he gets to use a laptop at the school so that his printing doesn't slow him down from being successful at his projects.
Here are the deals that I have found so far:
Samsung N150 Netbook-Intel Atom N450 processor
-160 GB drive
-6 cell battery
-max 1 GB RAM
-WSVGA LED, non-gloss, back light display
On Sale for $219.99 (down from $259.99)
Samsung N145 Netbook-Intel Atom N455 processor
-250 GB drive
-6 cell battery
-max 1 GB RAM
-WSVGA LED, non-gloss, back light display
On Sale for $249.99 (down from $279.99)
Toshiba NB305-02P-Intel Atom N455 processor
-250 GB drive
-6 cell battery
-max 2 GB RAM
-TFT colour LCD with LED sidelight display
On Sale for $249.99 (down from $429.99 because it was a demo model)
Acer AO532H-2806-Intel Atom N450 processor
-160 GB drive
-6 cell battery
-max 1 GB RAM
-WSVGA Acer CrystalBrite LED-backlit Display
Regular price for $249.99 (it's purple which is his favourite colour)
Other features that I need to consider would be toughness, sleep mode and accessories (webcam, mouse, mic, speaker sound).
My son will use the internet a lot at school and at home. Otherwise, he likes to use his current computer to draw pictures and watch movies.
Thanks for the input so far guys. I appreciate your help for my little guy