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The Perfect Computer Lab

Low-cost and low-maintenance:An impossible dream?

In search of


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Whats it for?

Typing/Keyboarding skis

!ffice "ppications

#Word$ %&ce$ Po'erpoint(

Internet/%mai

%ducationa Course'are

Paint programs #KidPi&$ etc))(

Web %diting/de*eopment +ideo %diting


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Case ,tudies

Colville Valley Junior Academy

Milton-Stateline School


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Co*ie +aey -unior "cademy Small private rural !-"# school

$irst computer lab

%ave donor &or &undin'

Lab must last &or several years

!eyboard ( )&&ice Applications Multimedia *Macromedia +irector,

ants hi'her end systems


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.iton,tateine ,choo Small !-"# school

./istin' lab

Low bud'et

!eyboardin'

)&&ice Applications Courseware ( 0nternet

1romotional Video .ditin'


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Choosing 0ard'are

Thick

Clientsvs2

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ThickCient

$ast processor

Lots o& stora'e space

State o& the Art

3ood &or multimedia 4ice but e/pensive55

Lots o& wor6station maintenance o&ten

re7uired2


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Thincient

8sually slower processor

)&ten has no hard drive .asy mana'ement since there

is little to 'o wron'

3ood &or 0nternet(word processin'

Speed limited by networ6 and server

Cheap5


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The fit cient Small hard drive *9 'i's,

Most commonly usedapplications are installed locally

4o data is stored locally

Very little mana'ement re7uired 8tili;e the wor6station processor

and resources


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1uy cheap$ but not toocheap


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Co*ieMars 1000 Workstation

1000mhz AMD Thunderbird Athlon Processor with 266mhz front side busThermaltake Chrome Orb DO!62"2 heat"sink fan

#i$ab%te #A"&'MM( )M1**A +ased Motherboard

Motherboard includes ,ideo and Creati,e -abs sound onboard

Micron 2.6mb PC"1** D/MM memor%

Teac *. 1!!mb flo% disk dri,e

3ea$ate 20#+ ATA4100 &200 5PM (ard Dri,e

Afree% 12 /D7 D8D"5OM Dri,e

/ome$a 'i 100mb /nternal /D7 Dri,e

)D3 1. Monitor

Antec )3*99 Mid"Tower case with 2.0: AT ower sul%

Antec 90mm case fan

-o$itech Delu;e Access 10! ke% ke%board with * launch buttons

-o$itech Otical :heel Mouse w4+elkin remium blue mouse ad

-abTec 7lite"920 (eadhones with et$ear ?A*11 104100 PC/ >etwork cardMicrosoft :indows 2000 Professional w4free P u$rade otion

Dee ?reeze Pro for >T?3 securit% software

#risoft=s A8# Anti"8iral software free edition @u$rades a,ailable

Total bidB $899.99 ta;

Thick Clients

20 :orkstations

CostB $18,000


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25 Computer Lab

23 Workstation 244 3444

5 .emory ot 244 244

23 Logitech .ice 53 673

23 0eadphones 54 234

23 .onitors 63 873

23 Keyboards 54 234

Workstation Hardware Total: $6,950

9it Cient Cost checkup

#oalB #et theseworkstations donated

-ook for colle$e or

business hand"me"downs

Then cost is onl% $1,950

Running Total: $6,950


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,er*er : ;et'orking

Save your == &or the servernot the wor6stations


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9it Cient Cost checkup


Server

1 Server system 5844

1 Backu system 634

1 !"#5 ort switc 3441 Windows !00% Server 534

Server Hardware Total: $!,&00


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!perating ,ystems

Microso&t vs2 Linu/? .ither way: older

hardware means

use li'hter so&tware

)pen vs2 School

Licensin' Consider down'radin'

your license

'eratin( Systems


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,ecrets of the =fit> cient


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'))ice *lications

$it to hardware Consider )&&ice B

Consider )pen)&&ice

Ma6e a uni&orm installation*same hardware ( same so&tware,


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Loo6 &or mana'ed networ6so&tware even i& it costs more

Mavis


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Consider classic educational

products li6e: L)3) that

are &reely available and

have an active community

&or support2

Courseware

Consider ine/pensive older

product versions available onlineor shareware to complement

your courseware2


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Cost checkup


Software

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,umming it up

There ma% not be a Eerfect lab +ut with the ri$hte;ertise and lannin$ it is ossible to set"u a low"

costF low"maintenance comuter lab sin$ Efit

clients rather than hi$h end s%stems sa,es both mone%

and time and reduces the total cost of ownershi


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