Technology Purchase Recommendations (Mac)

The following recommendations are made in the spirit of providing good service and technical support to 4J schools and staffs. 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.)

Please NOTE: Beginning November 2007 the 3-yr extended warranty is required for purchase with every 4J computer system.

SOFTWARE Mac OS X Comments
Operating System OS X v10.3.9 or above
 Order Directly from Apple
Terminal Emulation PowerTerm Call Peggy Hinsman (CIS) for ordering details. (687 3198)
Word Processor,
Spreadsheet, Presentation Software

OSX Microsoft Office 2008

iWork '06 or '08

Order Directly from OETC


Order Directly from Apple

HTML Editor

Dreamweaver MX 2004
Dreamweaver 8.0

iWeb '06 or '08

Order Directly from OETC


Order Directly from Apple (Ships with new


HARDWARE
Computer

Desktop for Students
$1,149 20" iMac 2.0 GHz, 1 GB RAM (minimum, 2 GB if possible), 250 GB Hard Drive, Double Layer Super Drive

Desktop for Teachers
$1,149 20" iMac 2.0 GHz, 1 GB RAM (minimum, 2 GB if possible), 250 GB Hard Drive, Double Layer Super Drive

Laptop for Students
$999 13" MacBook Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz, 1 GB RAM (minimum, 2 GB if possible), 80GB HD, Combo Drive

Laptop for Teachers
$999 13" MacBook Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz, 1 GB RAM (minimum, 2 GB if possible), 120GB HD, Double Layer Super Drive
or
$1,799 15" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 120 GB HD, Double Layer Super Drive
RAM 1 GB minimum
2 GB recommended
DVD Burner
(external)		 LaCie d2 DVD+/-RW Drive with Lightscribe 16x and Toast 7 Titanium Software
($169.95 from Apple)
FireWire Hard Drive
(external)		 LaCie 1 TB - Big Disk Extreme+ with Triple Interface ($339.95 from Apple)
LaCie 500GB - D2 Extreme Quad HDD ($189.95 from Apple)
LaCie 320GB - D2 Quadra ($159.95 from Apple)


Last updated on May 2, 2008 - 1:10pm