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Cook County Higher Education offering refurbished reduced cost laptops

May 27, 2020 07:43PM ● By Editor
From Cook County Higher Education - May 27, 2020

If you are interested in acquiring a refurbished reduced cost computer laptop, please read below.

CCHE REFURBISHED REDUCED COST LAPTOPS:
$150 Laptops - HP EliteBook 820 G1 Notebook PC 

There are no income requirements to request a laptop. 

Here are more details about the laptops we are distributing.

·       Microsoft Office 10 (home), a processor (i5 or i7) good for videos, business work, school work, internet and more; 6 GB RAM, SSD or 500 GB hard drive. 

·       A 1 year hardware warranty, with the exception of laptop batteries, which come with a 7 business day warranty through St. Paul PC's for People Store. The hardware warranty covers issues that have not been caused by the user. 

·       Issues caused by the user (physical damage, viruses, malware, and other software-related issues) are repaired for approximately $25 fee at the St. Paul PC's for People Store.

·       Note: these are PCs (not Apple products) and PC's for People laptops are refurbished (previously used) 

Steps to move forward with a laptop order:

1.       Complete CCHE's Laptop Request Application 

2.       CCHE will email you an invoice for the cost of the laptop: $150  

a.       Request a CCHE Laptop Scholarship 

b.       Request a CCHE Laptop Payment Plan 

3.       CCHE will set up a computer pick up time


Here is the  schedule of CCHE events in early June.

COOK COUNTY HIGHER EDUCATION EARLY JUNE EVENTS:

Additional events may be added - look for more events at www.mycche.org 

SELF STUDY & RECORDED EVENTS
Email [email protected] to get the Self Study webinar links for events listed below
  • Intro to Excel 
  • Excel Functions
  • Intro to QuickBooks
  • Intro to WordPress Websites 
  • Creating a WordPress Business Website
  • Creating a Business Website - Wix and Weebly   

If you are interested in instructing, or have an instruction topic suggestion, contact us at [email protected].  
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