GSE&IS Supported Hardware

GSE&IS Supported Macintosh Hardware

New Hardware:

The current G4, G5 Macintosh line is supported, including:

• G4, G5 iMac
• G4, G5 Tower
• G4 Powerbook
• G4 iBook

The systems should contain at minimum the following:

• 512 MB of RAM
• 40 GB Hard Drive

Legacy Hardware (hardware purchased before 3/1/01):

ETU currently supports all Macintosh machines purchased with School Funds for use in Moore Hall or the GSE&IS Building. Repairs and upgrades to hardware purchased with personal or extramural funds must be paid for by the individual or through a grant.

GSE&IS Supported Windows Hardware (Faculty Only)

Please Note: All faculty members wishing to purchase/use Windows hardware/software need to contact ETU before making a purchase. You can contact ETU via e-mail at etu@gseis.ucla.edu or via telephone at extension 5-1911

Operating System:

Windows 2000 Workstation and Windows XP Professional are the only supported Windows platforms for GSE&IS PCs.

Windows ME, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 3.1, Windows 3.11, DOS, OS/2, Linux, Solaris, Unix, FreeBSD and other operating systems are not supported. That is to say, such platforms will receive no networking, no printing, no software support, no troubleshooting from ETU.

Windows NT/2000 Domain Information:

All Windows NT/2000/XP Workstations installed and maintained by the school (through ETU) are installed into the GSE&IS NT/2000 domain. This allows for:

• Network printing
• Network backups of workstations
• Network anti-virus protection
• Unified domain account, remote access, and e-mail passwords

For security reasons, end users are not given Administrator privileges.

New Hardware:

(all hardware purchased after 07/01/04 must meet these specs in order for it to be supported by the School)

Dell Optiplex GX280
2.8 GHz or better
40 GB or larger hard drive
512 MB RAM or more
32MB ATI Radeon video card with VGA cable
16X CD-RW drive
Integrated 10/100 Ethernet NIC
Windows XP Professional pre-installed

IBM Thinkpad T4x series
Built-in Ethernet
Windows XP Professional pre-installed

Do not order by yourself. Contact ETU before taking any other action. Any purchases not made through ETU cannot be guaranteed of support.