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Re: Let's Talk About Your Team's Computers

We have
  • a Lenovo Thinkpad for programming
  • a Classmate for driver station
  • another Classmate as pristine 2014 cRIO dev environment (we've got our 2013 and 2014 robots still)
  • a donated HP? laptop running XP for showing videos on, say in the pits
  • a couple desktops on loan for CAD
  • access to the school CAD computers (but AutoCAD on them doesn't seem as effective at 3D as SolidWorks, so we mostly use the one in a classroom for videos and meeting start notes)
  • a 2009 Classmate and an old Dell laptop that aren't worth much mention (haven't used them in a while, both severely lacking in hardware and with maybe damaged OS installs)

PS: everything is running Windows 7 but 1 on XP (the HP) and 1 on some linux flavor (the Dell laptop). Also, one of our Classmates entirely lost its right-click key after being dropped too many times.

The Thinkpad was bought for the team by the lead mentor. The Classmates came from the KOP, FIRST Choice, and a local team that folded. The HP came from an office upgrade by a Wisconsin company where a former mentor was working. The desktops came from a local engineering company. I think the origin of the Dell laptop predates me.

In terms of computers, the biggest aids right now would be consistent (any?) WiFi access, and CAD desktops of our own that we could seal away from sawdust (storage right now is in the wood shop, and our non-wood shop storage same days requires a trip outside in a snowy winter [interior gate we don't have keys to]).
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