Tuesday, July 7, 2009

What Does the TUTOR use?

Plugging in...

Hardware and software fans gather round. Here's the skinny on what you would find in the Tutor's office:

HARDWARE
Dell Optiplex 745 Desktop PC, Intel Core 2 Duo CPU, 2 GB RAM (12/2006)
Dell UltraSharp 1707FP flat screen monitor (12/2006)
Windows XP Professional, service pack 2
Microsoft Digital Media Pro Keyboard (8/2005)
Logitech Mouse
Linksys WRT54GS Wireless Router (9/2005)
HP Laserjet 4050 T printer w/ wireless jet card (9/1999)
Epson Stylus C62 inkjet printer (1/2006 gift)
HP Scanjet ADF (11/1999)
Sandisk Digital Media Card Reader (5/2004)
Maxtor One Touch backup unit (2/2008)
Canon Powershot G2 Digital Camera (10/2002
iPod Nano 8GB (2/2007, gift)
iPod Shuffle (12/2007, gift)
iPod iTouch 8GB (5/2009, gift)
iPod wall and car chargers (4/2008)
Multiple flash drives: 512MB - 6GB sizes
Verizon DSL Internet Service (12/2003)
Dell Latitude D600 laptop (6/2005 on loan from Salem State College)

BASIC SOFTWARE LIST
AVG Antivirus 8.5 (free version)
ZoneAlarm Firewall 8.0.298 (free version)
Roboform form filling/password tracking software 6.9.94
Browsers: Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 3.0.11, Chrome 2.0.172.33
Microsoft Office 97, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007
Outlook 2003 and Thunderbird email programs

The Tutor won't bore you with the spare parts cabinet. Notice how OLD some of the hardware is... it's not broken so it hasn't been replaced.

ALWAYS REMEMBER: before calling for help - is it plugged in, does it still work, and is it turned on?

Unplugged

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