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* Warrantied: It's a Hackerspace, the probably of a thing breaking is multiplied by the size of the membership using it.
 
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=== Considerations ===
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* Washable keyboards - Especially in the shop
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* Decent mouse!
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* Monitor included in unit price?
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** 19" minimum
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=== Options ===
 
=== Options ===

Revision as of 17:05, 30 March 2014

User:Hef

History

  • Proposed: future

Background

Some new computer hardware would be nice.

Purchased hardware should have the following traits:

  • Large Display: Important for design work
  • Responsive: Interuptions are very costly to creative processes, and frustrate users
  • longevity: All machines would be expected to be highly useful for 4 years.
  • Uniform: Nearly Identical hardware is desireable
  • Warrantied: It's a Hackerspace, the probably of a thing breaking is multiplied by the size of the membership using it.

Considerations

  • Washable keyboards - Especially in the shop
  • Decent mouse!
  • Monitor included in unit price?
    • 19" minimum


Options

link price CPU Ram HDD warranty
Lenovo ThinkCentre M83 10AL $943.99 Core i7 4770 3.4Ghz 8GB 1 TB 4 year $55.99
Apple iMac 27-inch $1,999.00 Core i5 3.4Ghz 8GB 1TB 3-year $169.00


Computer Locations

Area Location Computer price
CNC Epilog Laser Engraver Replacement
CNC LulzBot PC Replacement
CNC Chinese CNC Router PC replacement
Art Design PC Apple iMac 27-inch $1,999.00 + $169.00
Electronics Electronics Area replacement
Lounge Registration PC (paypal) (linux)


  • Research moving vinyl cutter software to new machine
    • Donald said that he doesn't own the vinyl cutter machine, and that we're free to try to migrate the software.
  • Does the shapoko need a machine

Language

Authorize the board to spend up to $X on Y computers, including peripherals, related accessories, shipping, et cetera. Authorization expires 90 days after the vote is accepted. Receipts will be linked below.

Receipts