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Home » Equipment » FY07 specifications » Student desktop

Student desktops
for 2:1 deployment in grades 3-12

Must be installed and fully functional by no earlier than Dec. 1, 2006, and no later than Feb. 1, 2007.

Things to consider

Student Desktop PC

Student Desktop Mac

2.5 GHz
Intel Pentium 4
Celeron D 325
AMD Athlon 64 3200+

eMac G4
Power PC 1.42 GHz

256 MB RAM (expandable)

512 MB RAM (expandable)

60 GB hard drive

80 GB hard drive

24 x combo drive

Integrated 24 x combo drive

Integrated 10/100

Integrated v.92 & 10/100

Integrated or expandable 802.11b/g

802 11g AirPort Extreme

17" monitor or 15” flat screen

15” screen

64 MB video memory

64 MB video memory

Ports
16-bit sound card
1 USB front
2 USB back
External mouse

Ports
Sound card – 16 bit
Min. 2 USB
Min. 1 Firewire

Software
MS XP Professional
MS Office 2003
SMART Notebook
SMART Ideas™ or Inspiration® *
Anti-virus (3 year)
new flag mPOWER™5 multimedia

Software
Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger
MS Office for Mac
SMART Notebook
SMART Ideas™ or Inspiration® *
Anti-virus (3 year)
new flag mPOWER™5 multimedia

Plug-ins (most recent version)
Shockwave
Flash
Quick Time
Media Player
Real Player
Adobe Acrobat
Internet Explorer
Java Runtime

Plug-ins (most recent version)
Shockwave
Flash
Quick Time
Media Player
Real Player
Adobe Acrobat
Internet Explorer
Java Runtime

  1. * Schools or districts with current site licenses for Inspiration® may substitute Inspiration for SMART Ideas™ if all professional development is provided by a certified eMINTS instructional specialist employed by the district.
  2. Anything above minimum in hardware is acceptable (for example, upgraded memory, graphics card or sound card).

More information

Contact the eMINTS National Center office at (573) 884-7202 or emints-info@emints.org.
 
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Reviewed October 19, 2006.
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