CERRITOS
COLLEGE
MINUTES
OF
THE INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS COMMITTEE
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2006 10:00-11:30 A.M.
ROOM SS-16
MEMBERS PRESENT:
ML Bettino,
MEMBERS
ABSENT: Wes Nance, Norm Fujimoto
ACCREDITATION
TEAM
REVIEW
HP DESKTOP JUSTIFICATION & HISTORY
Mario
published a document on the web called the Desktop Justification and History. This was made available to provide the background
and history of moving between the white box desktop PC
and new HP desktop systems. The bidding process and warranty background for those
decisions are also included in this document.
ELECTRONIC
CLASSROOMS UPDATE
Lee
reported that the computers for the E-classrooms will be installed by GST. Bernie Negrette
reported that many faculty in his department (CIS) use
a laptop now so they can each configure them the way they want to for their
classroom use & also install their special software.
Lee
informed ML that the instructor stations in computer labs should have the exact
same hardware as the lab machines, otherwise the image
(with all the unique software) will not be able to be installed on the
instructor station. Lee asked Patrick check
to see if any special software needs to be installed on these 35+ new
E-Classrooms. Also, most labs already
have PC’s for the instructor station, so those should still be used until
the entire room is replaced with new PC’s.
ML reported that new PC’s were already purchased; he will work with
relocating them as appropriate.
Bernie
asked Lee that if faculty need special software installed, what they should
do? She responded that they should contact
the Help Desk, and we will assist with installing the appropriate software. Lee asked M.L. to review the E-Standards on
the web to make sure they are current and accurate.
UPCOMING
ITEMS
Updated
HP Desktop Pricing
The
dual core (or two-processor) Business 7700 desktop systems are replacing 7600’s. Three different CPU’s are available. The base CPU, the E6300,
which is $84 more than the base, and theE6400, which is $134 more than the
base. We recommend standardizing
on the E6300 because the base CPU is the first core 2 duo
and runs very hot. If the pricing is low
enough, we can get the mid-range CPU for the
campus. It was explained that we have already
standardized on 1GB of memory and upgraded the hard drive to 80GB in
preparation for Microsoft Vista. It was reported
that we will also be getting a demo unit of the DC7700 and anyone can contact
Mario so they can see and test this unit.
Final pricing should come in (with the reductions) soon. The finalized pricing should be low enough to
afford the extra $84. These prices will
come into effect in December. We will
need to build a new image for this new base computer. Either HP or GST will place the image on the
PC’s.
Microsoft
Office 2007
Lee
reported that Microsoft Office 2007 would be released at the end of November. It has not been tested whether the two office
suites will work efficiently together.
Lee requested that she be notified of any
locations who would like to use the new suite first. Barbara Sowden has requested to have it installed on her machine as
soon as possible.
Microsoft
Vista OS
Mario
distributed handouts with information about Vista. We won’t be moving fast on this; we will tryit out in a few locations first.
Macs
It was reported that some Adobe products
and Final Cut don’t work with the new intel hardware
in the Macs.
An
announcement was made about a Sakai Presentation in the Teleconference Center On
Thursday November 2 at 11:00 a.m.