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Unread 09-08-2016, 09:11
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On to my 16th year in FRC
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Re: Let's Talk About Your Team's Computers

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Originally Posted by marshall View Post
This. So much this. No one seems to understand this in the educational world. So many systems purchased without SSDs these days.
For our school district, SSD's, 8GB RAM, and Skylake i5 is the minimum standard for all new desktop purchases going forward, as of June, 2016. But I agree, most of education has no clue what they're buying beyond "computers" and quite frequently those dollars go to Apple computers because "Macs are better."
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