[Year 12 IT Apps] [OT] Hitting the Rudd money

[Mark Kelly]

 From what I've read, Win7's system requirements are not too different 
to Vista's.  We'll expect to use the Lenovos for Photoshop and 
multimedia, so the extra RAM will come in handy  ;-)

Hutchison, Geoffrey G wrote:
> Hey, I was just referring to your comment re 4G for Win7. Why not go for
> 8G; hell 16G? :)
> 
> Geoff
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au
> [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Mark Kelly
> Sent: Thursday, 3 September 2009 6:54 PM
> To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] [OT] Hitting the Rudd money
> 
> And four years from now?  Future-proofing is important when you buy...
> 
> Hutchison, Geoffrey G wrote:
>> Win7 is runs better on lower specked boxes than vista. 2GB RAM should
> be
>> plenty.
>>
>> Geoff
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au
>> [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Mark Kelly
>> Sent: Wednesday, 2 September 2009 1:57 PM
>> To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
>> Subject: [Year 12 IT Apps] [OT] Hitting the Rudd money
>>
>> Hi all.  I've taken the plunge and ordered our first tranche of the
> Rudd
>> fleet: 278 Lenovo desktops costing $256,922.04.  Since they only come 
>> with 2G RAM, I'll need to add about another $12,500 to take them up to
> 
>> 4G each for Win7 to run well.
>>
>> It's funny: the Lenovos with the 20" monitor are $44 less than those 
>> with the 19" monitor...
>>
> 


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