A Package Deal Toshiba expects NFS notebook computer shipments to top 22,000 by January.
Program depends on service and support from local resellers.
Payment methods range from outright purchases by parents to creative leasing arrangements. Driven by education's rising demand for technology in the classroom, Toshiba's Notebooks For Schools program has become a popular method for equipping students with portable computers. The first NFS installations at U.S. schools began last fall. By the end of 1997, Toshiba expects shipments of computers through the program to top 22,000, according to Healy. We didn't know it would take off with quite such force.