I'm from the area... this is a fabulous idea (Score 1)

I grew up in the Vail School District, and my sister will actually be attending Empire (and getting one of the laptops). It's a brilliant idea, as Vail has always tried to be technologically advanced, or at least current. All of the highschools offer interesting computer courses that teach a lot of real world skills with computes. They've always had some fairly fresh Mac equipment, and I've been hired for temp. web programming projects and network setups at some of the Vail middle schools.

Before the students get the laptop, they'll have to complete a course on how to use and care for them; and I know a lot of kids in my area who are going to get a lot out of these laptops.