Posting from the new lab :)

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Just went down to the open PC lab on campus for the first time since they replaced all of the computers earlier this summer - these things are nice :

P4 @ 2.8GHz
512MB RAM (finally! enough memory. 128 on the old machines just wasn't cutting it)
80GB HDD
DVD / CDRW combo drive
Floppy disk drive
PCMCIA slot
stereo sound
6 USB ports
15" LCD screen


All in one convenient, stand-alone package. The whole thing isn't much bigger than just the old CRT monitors we used to use down here.

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Nate

 

[minendo]

Has to suck for upgradability and repairs though.

 

[Atomicus]

LCD monitors? Jack them!

 

[NTB]

Originally posted by: minendo
Has to suck for upgradability and repairs though.

Good point. But they never really "upgraded" the old ones, either - just replaced them after a couple of years. The systems that were in here were PIII-600s or so with 128MB RAM.

Nate

 

[NTB]

Originally posted by: Atomicus
LCD monitors? Jack them!

you'd have to haul off the entire system - it's all one piece. Not that that would be too terribly difficult, either, except for the fact that they're all locked down.

Nate

 

[MacBaine]

Should've gotten a Dell

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

Similar to the upgrades we got when we moved to the new building at my school. 500x18" LCDs = :thumbsup:

 

[Turkish]

Originally posted by: NTB

Originally posted by: minendo
Has to suck for upgradability and repairs though.

Good point. But they never really "upgraded" the old ones, either - just replaced them after a couple of years. The systems that were in here were PIII-600s or so with 128MB RAM.

Nate

Your school is leasin them from Gateway. Virginia Tech does the same for Math Emporium. 600 New Macs every year.

 

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Originally posted by: XietyCOM

Originally posted by: NTB

Originally posted by: minendo
Has to suck for upgradability and repairs though.

Good point. But they never really "upgraded" the old ones, either - just replaced them after a couple of years. The systems that were in here were PIII-600s or so with 128MB RAM.

Nate

Your school is leasin them from Gateway. Virginia Tech does the same for Math Emporium. 600 New Macs every year.

I doubt that. The lab systems maybe, but not all of them. When we started replacing staff systems a year ago, the really old stuff was just hauled away; the not-so-old stuff was inheritted by some of the newer staff members. I don't think anything was actually returned to Gateway.

Nate