Tech Purchase Recommendations (PC)

The following recommendations are made in the spirit of providing good service and technical support to 4J schools and staffs. There is a bewildering range of technology purchase choices possible, far beyond what 4J staff can provide help with. In order to narrow the confusion we've listed below recommendations for which we can provide support to 4J staff. No product endorsement or quality are implied by this list; its sole purpose is to inform you of the relatively narrow range of items we can support. (When purchasing computers for a specific application, e.g. library automation, check with the person responsible for that application because these general recommendations may not apply.)


SOFTWARE
Operating System Windows XP Pro
Terminal Emulation MS320 (from MiniSoft)
Word Processor

Microsoft Office 2007

Spreadsheet Microsoft Office 2007
Desktop Database

FileMaker Pro 7.0
Microsoft Access

HTML Editor DreamWeaver MX
Desktop Security Fortres or FoolProof
Desktop Restore Clean Slate or DeepFreeze
   

HARDWARE
Computer* Pentium - 4 GHz [minimum]
Dell Laptop
RAM 512MB [minimum]
1GB [recommended]
Monitor NEC, Dell, ViewSonic

* Financial Services recommends access to a PC for Business System user.