Purchase Authorized!

[DamienThorn]

I just got word from my boss that we've been approved to replace two of the computer labs for the college. Off to retirement are:

56 x Celeron 1.7 Ghz, 512MB RAM, etc.

And incoming are:
56 x C2D 2.0 Ghz, 1GB of RAM, etc.

We should be replacing the 'old' computers around the end of April/beginning of May. I'm thrilled. Not only will my ppd (hopefully) increase a reasonable amount, it also means that the users will enjoy using some faster computers. For the Horde!

 

[AtomicMoose]

Wow, nice upgrade!

 

[Pocatello]

That is great news!

56 new Core 2 Duos! Wow!

 

[marty9876]

http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_summary.php?s=&u=204

100+ C2D's I think. Them suckers crank!

 

[drizzt81]

congrats.

 

[Connundrum1]

congrats to you and us. another kick to the roo's behinds. whats happening with the old systems? anyone with alot of space and free power should run those.

 

[Viper87227]

Where are the old ones going?

You should sell them to the [H]orde on the cheap

 

[DamienThorn]

Where are the old ones going?

You should sell them to the [H]orde on the cheap

I have a feeling that they'll be cycled around. Some will go to the 'new' lab that we're opening in the fall - just a bunch of email/messaging type stations so that students are less likely to tie up computers that are being used for academic purposes. I don't know where the rest will go - some to faculty, and perhaps others for sale to staff that want them. I'm hoping that I can donate a bunch of them to local schools, like what I did when we decomissioned another lab last summer, but I won't know if that's in the cards for a while yet.

 

[Connundrum1]

as long as they have fah on them we won't have to tar and feather you. I wish my school could afford a lab of c2d's that big. we have some crappy p4's that are a few years old atleast.