We try to replace our primary systems every five years (more often, if possible) and this summer it's time for our teachers at the High School and Middle School. I'll be putting out Requests for Proposals this week and have set the bid opening date for June 27th. Currently the plan is to purchase 40 new workstations, which we hope to have installed around the middle of July. Here are the specifications I'll be requiring.

• Chassis – Ultra Small Form Factor with 220 Watt power supply (12” Max Length, 12” Max Width, 3.5” Max Height)
• Processor – Intel® Core 2 Duo 2 GHz 2 MB Cache
• Memory – 1GB DDR2
• Hard Drive – 80GB SATAII 7200RPM
• NIC – 10/100/1000 NIC
• Keyboard – 104+ key Logitech Keyboard
• Mouse – Logitech Optical Wheel Mouse
• Video – PCIe Graphics Accelerator with 128MB RAM and Dual DVI/Analog outputs
• Sound Card – 32 bit Creative Labs Sound Blaster or 100% compatible
• Optical Drive – DVD±RW Drive with burning software (Ahead Nero preferred)
• Ports – USB 2.0 (2 front, 4 rear), IEEE 1394, Headphone, Mic, RJ-45, VGA, DVI, Audio x 6
• Monitor – 17” LCD with integrated Speakers
• Operating System – Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2