Here is the current situation:
3 labs. Each lab currently has 17 PowerMacs. Each room is on it's own 3 year lease (every year one room receives new computers). Due to past budgets purchases the typical setup was, low end PowerMac with 256 - 512 (512 more recently) MB or RAM.
The problem:
1. Due to budget restrictions, 1 lease was missed requiring us to temporarily buy the computers off lease until we could reinstate the lease program.
2. Our budge has not improved since last year.
The users:
The individuals using this lab are students ranging from majority Graphic Design to Video and 3D production.
Possible solution 1:
The goal here is to do as much as possible with what we have, over a 3 year period (unfortunately I do not have the actually budget for this year).
Here is a proposed set up:
2 rooms of iMacs with the following configurations:
20-inch widescreen
1GB of RAM
160GB hard drive
1.8GHz G5
$2,001.00/machine
1 room of high end PowerMacs:
20-inch flat panel screen
Dual 2GHz G5
2GB RAM
160GB hard drive
8x SuperDrive
$3,847.00/machine
We also have an Xserver, of which should also be put into the lease program.
1 Single Processor Xserver
2GHz G5
1GB RAM
160GB hard drive x2
Again, this will be done over 3 years.
Possible solution 1:
Only do 2 leases with mid range PowerMacs, buying back computers at the end of their lease to fill the 3rd room.
I guess I am just looking for help because this was dumped on me. I have Graphic Design teachers telling me that iMacs will not work but yet when I ask them why and or what is the difference, thinking they would say cache and video, they reply with I don't know.
Opinions anyone?
Thanks
3 labs. Each lab currently has 17 PowerMacs. Each room is on it's own 3 year lease (every year one room receives new computers). Due to past budgets purchases the typical setup was, low end PowerMac with 256 - 512 (512 more recently) MB or RAM.
The problem:
1. Due to budget restrictions, 1 lease was missed requiring us to temporarily buy the computers off lease until we could reinstate the lease program.
2. Our budge has not improved since last year.
The users:
The individuals using this lab are students ranging from majority Graphic Design to Video and 3D production.
Possible solution 1:
The goal here is to do as much as possible with what we have, over a 3 year period (unfortunately I do not have the actually budget for this year).
Here is a proposed set up:
2 rooms of iMacs with the following configurations:
20-inch widescreen
1GB of RAM
160GB hard drive
1.8GHz G5
$2,001.00/machine
1 room of high end PowerMacs:
20-inch flat panel screen
Dual 2GHz G5
2GB RAM
160GB hard drive
8x SuperDrive
$3,847.00/machine
We also have an Xserver, of which should also be put into the lease program.
1 Single Processor Xserver
2GHz G5
1GB RAM
160GB hard drive x2
Again, this will be done over 3 years.
Possible solution 1:
Only do 2 leases with mid range PowerMacs, buying back computers at the end of their lease to fill the 3rd room.
I guess I am just looking for help because this was dumped on me. I have Graphic Design teachers telling me that iMacs will not work but yet when I ask them why and or what is the difference, thinking they would say cache and video, they reply with I don't know.
Opinions anyone?
Thanks