Who are you, and how credible are you?

I'm bound to say that the likes of Turoi, Dragonised, although we don't agree on anything, are pretty stand up guys with a mission and sincere beliefs. However, I think they may well be right about your Dell school...or should we call it Hell School? Four Hundred Yuan a month is less than I started on in China some ten years ago; the fact that it may be located in a cheap area doesn't help when you have to provide your own laptops and stuff- all the time you are using your own laptops you are hastening the time when it gives up the ghost and you have to pay for its replacement out of your own pocket. Even some universities only paying 5,500 yuan will supply you with a computer in your own flat....well, a few do not not, but we wouldn't go to those now would we? Now, you may not wish to use school supplied computewrs for your only personal use because of security risks but they certainly should be used to take the wear and tear of Powerpoints and other lesson plan preparations. Personally, when I have been given a computer I have reformatted it and installed Linux- you can use it then even for online banking. Am I right or am I right?