The 20th round of
offers for NFT Program notebook computers will open from mid-August
2009.
The deadline for applications will be
18
September 2009. Delivery is expected to commence in
early Term 4.
Contribution rates will remain unchanged from the 19th Round,
namely $10.85 per fortnight for Acer
TravelMate TM 4730 PC notebooks and $17.30 per fortnight for Apple
MacBook Pro Aluminium notebooks.
This offer replaces notebooks provided in Round
13 (Semester 2, 2006).
Places are available for eligible new applicants also. Vendors will fax advice to principals regarding the collection
dates/arrangements for "old" notebooks
late in Term 1 or early Term 2.
Applicants should not rely on delivery of a new notebook to back up
critical data since the old notebooks must be
returned to their financiers on time regardless of new deliveries.
Please back up in advance instead!
There is only one free pickup per person per school; if the
collection service is missed then a participant must arrange their
own return via courier or may return the notebook at Central Office
during business hours.
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End of NFT Internet service - as advised via Ed-e-mail
during May, please note that Telstra closed the NFT dial-up Internet service
at the end of June 2009. Unfortunately, no suitable replacement
service is available. Participants who formerly made use of this
service may wish to make alternative private arrangements.
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Documents for Download
Essential reading for Applicants
If you have any trouble
opening these documents, please
try "right-clicking" the link. A small menu will come up - choose
"Save Target As" or "Save Link As" to save the document to your
desktop instead.
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NOTES -
important, please read!
1)
Specification Changes -
models on offer feature changes versus earlier models, such as smaller
14.1" wide-screen format displays on Acer models, deletion
of dial-up modem on Apple
models, port format changes and so on. Please read the
specification document carefully and contact the NFT
Program admin section on 08 9264 5636 if you require any
further advice. When the offer closes, applicants
will be deemed to have been fully informed on these issues and
applications will
be considered binding.
A comparison
photograph showing 2005/2006 vs. 2009 Acer models may be seen
here.
2)
Collection Dates - the
vendors will fax final advice for collection of old machines to
principals a week or two before the collections start. You MUST
stay in touch with your principal to receive this information,
we do not write to you again about this until/unless the
collection is classified as a failure. Under your contract you
are considered responsible for appropriate return of your
notebook. If in any doubt, please contact the NFT Program
administration section on 08 9264 5636.
3)
Binding Contract - completing and returning the NFT registration form constitutes a contract under common-law 'offer and acceptance' rules. There is no 'cooling-off period' and
applicants must accept notebooks on delivery (unless no longer employed
in an eligible position).
4) Incomplete or
unsigned forms
cannot be accepted.
5)
Central support is
not provided for connection of
Apple notebooks to school networks, also, some Departmental applications such as SIS are not available for the Apple platform
at present. Hardware specifications and required contribution
rates differ between Acer and
Apple products.
6) Checking receipt of your form - a
confirmation list will be emailed to school NFT contact persons
on the last day of the offer. Neither fax nor postal services
are 100% reliable. If your application from is not
received and processed, and you fail to check the confirmation list on the last
day of the offer, then you will miss out on a replacement
notebook. You will still have to return your existing notebook.
The Department will not break or vary a contract where a teacher later reconsiders their decision,
purchases a private notebook, finds that the
specification or cost of the requested notebook does not meet
their needs, or any similar case.
Other reading for Applicants:
- For School Administrators:
Repurchase of Used Notebooks
The financier will make a resale offer on Round 13 notebooks. The
financier's sales arrangements are detailed at this website:
http://www.graysonline.com/sale.aspx?id=149450
Acer units will be priced at $385.00 while Apples will be priced at
$495.00.
Please be aware that the Department is obligated to
collect, reimage and return notebooks to the financier at the end of
lease, and sales are effective after this time. There may be a significant lapse of time between
your return of the
notebook and delivery of a repurchased notebook.
The financier hopes to return the same notebook previously held by a
purchaser where possible. However the Department of Education and Training is not party to any
post-lease sale in any way and no responsibility is accepted for any
problems which may arise with the sale process. All
communications regarding such problems must be addressed to the
vendor.
Users who seek to repurchase an ex-lease notebook accept that
this is entirely a private commercial matter and that DET has no
power to intervene on their behalf if the purchase does not go
smoothly.
Contact Us
Please contact the Notebooks for Teachers
administration section by email
or on 08 9264 5636 if you would like any further information on the program. |
