Education buy question

Hello, this is my first post here, but I've lurked for a while, and I like to think I know a great deal about computers (though not laptops per se), so if this is a really, really stupid question, please bare with me. I live on an island that’s high school has only 400 kids and, as a result, offers virtually no AP courses. I also have a few non-verbal learning disorders (dysgraphia, etc.), so a laptop in the classroom for me is a huge help. However, until now, I have not used on because the laptops my school has are ancient, antiquated, non functioning dell machines. So, next year I plan on taking a correspondence AP physics course and finally start using a laptop to take notes, which means I need to buy one myself. After a bit of research I decided that I should probably go for a 14.1" t60. I was looking through lenovo's education page and came across "bulk buy" page for MA schools. Through this I can buy a 2007C5U that is apparently listed for 2,600 for about 1,600. I know that since this is under the school page my school would have to be the one that buys it, but does the “bulk buy” imply that they have to buy a bunch, or rather does it mean that the state of MA has a bulk deal with them. Seeing as this is going to be my personal laptop for quite a while, I do want something nice (particularly something I can do some photography work on, and maybe a little gaming here and there), and my high school’s administration is pretty malleable. I’m sure I could, as part of my IEP, convince them to let me buy it through the school.

Any thoughts? Is this plausible?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

-Schuyler

 

I would imagine that it just means they have an agreement with Mass State Ed or something, but I'm not sure with high schools. College I went to specified a custom model each year and ordered 1500-2000 of them, anyone at the university could join the program. You could try either talking to your school admin, or calling Lenovo support - Lenovo might be better able to answer the question.

If you really want to do photo editing, you might want to consider a 15" model with the SXGA screen. the Flexview screens rock for photo work.

 

I have heard as much, but even with the edu discount the 15 SXGA+'s are still out of my price range by $300 or so. I would go with a slower proc. and even the x1300 for the 15', but nothing like that is listed on the MA website. Also, I kinda like the idea of a small laptop.

 

The 14" isn't bad, just not as good as the 15". If you are on center it is fine.