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Minimum Standards for State Surplus Computers for K-12 Schools
Computers 4 Kids will identify and refurbish working computers
and printers, in partnership
with the General Administration and Department of Corrections, that meet the following
minimum standards:
- Intel or AMD based Pentium IV 2.4
GhZ or
higher or Dual Core desktop (Celeron 2.8 GhZ or higher), 17 inch monitor (1024 X 768
resolution; or 15 inch or larger LCD flat panel), keyboard and mouse, or
2.0 GhZ or higher laptop, min. 512
MB RAM and 40 GB hard drive, CD-ROM drive, USB ports, Windows XP or higher*,
Ethernet NIC card, and sound card [Preferably with speakers, 80 GB or larger
hard drive, USB 2.0 or firewire port(s), 1 GB RAM or
greater]
- Mac G5 2.1 GhZ or higher desktop, 17 inch monitor (1024 X 768
resolution), keyboard and mouse or
G4/G5 1.9 GhZ or higher iBook/MacBook, min. 512 MB RAM and 40 GB hard drive, CD-ROM drive,
USB ports, OS X or higher, Ethernet [Preferably with 80 GB or larger hard drive, firewire
port(s), OS 10.4, 1 GB
RAM or greater]
- Printers: HP Laser 4000 and above or equivalent.
-------These standards
are based upon a "rule of thumb" of providing computers to schools that are
3 years old or newer, so that these computers have at least one
year of usable life in the schools (for the purposes of the annual statewide
technology inventory, "standards-based computers" are defined as
computers that are 4 years old or newer). These standards were updated
in July, 2008,
and will be updated at least annually.
----------------- *Note: the hard drives of refurbished PCs are
erased, so these machines are usually provided to schools without an OS
installed. Under the Microsoft "Fresh Start Program", schools can obtain license
documentation and Windows installation CDs - at no cost - so they can re-install
the Windows 2000 operating system on these computers, if they wish (see
http://www.microsoft.com/education/FreshStart/FreshStart.asp for details).
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