As the coronavirus outbreak forced classes online, Boston Public Schools ordered 20,000 laptops and had them in hand in four days - an unusually ...
OAKLAND, California: As the coronavirus outbreak forced classes online, Boston Public Schools ordered 20,000 laptops and had them in hand in four days: an unusually fast turnaround made possible by a build-up of inventory prompted by the U.S.-China trade war.
It has been able to fulfill about 60per cent of U.S. demand as consumers seek ways to entertain their children at home."It did work out a little but the supply chain is still disrupted majorly," he said. For an interactive graphic tracking the global spread of the virus: open https://tmsnrt.rs/3aIRuz7 in an external browser.Some popular computer monitors now are out of stock even in the United States as a result of the work-from-home rush, said Linn Huang, an analyst at technology market tracker IDC.
Boston schools paid US$5 million, or about the usual US$250 each, for the 20,000 Chromebooks sent by Acer on two trucks each from warehouses in Los Angeles and Chicago.
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