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CONSTRUCTION UPDATE! Please be aware that construction will be ongoing throughout the summer in the café area and on 2-West (impacts will include the Nursing Mother's Room). For more information on these projects, please visit our Summer Construction update page.

CD/DVD Media Capabilities on Windows Login Workstations

Dell Small Form Factor Desktop Workstation, Monitor, Keyboard and Mouse

System: Dell Models: Optiplex 9010, 990,980 & 960

Located: 1st, 2nd,3rd & 4th Floor East & West

Drive Type: DVD/CD Dual Layer Drive and Tray Loading

Capabilities & Information: Dual Layer drives are capable of burning up to 8.5 gigabytes of data on special dual layer discs (DVD -DL).

The drives can burn 4.7 gigabytes of data on all formats of DVD discs, including DVD+, DVD+RW, DVD-, DVD-RW.

The drive will also work with standard CD-R, CD-RW disks to burn up to 700 megabytes of data.

 

Apple iMac Keyboard and Mouse

System: Macintosh iMac - Intel  OSX-Lion

Located: 1st  Floor East - Reference Area, 1st  Floor West - Café , 2nd Floor West - MakeCentral

Drive Type: Macintosh SuperDrive Slot Loading

Capabilities & Information: The Macintosh SuperDrive essentially performs the same functions as the high-end drives in the Dell and Gateway systems. The key difference is that this system uses a thin slot where you "feed" the disk into the workstation.

Dual Layer drives are capable of burning up to 8.5 gigabytes of data on special dual layer discs (DVD -DL).

The drive can also burn 4.7 gigabytes of data on all formats of DVD discs, including DVD+, DVD+RW, DVD-, DVD-RW.

The drive will also work with standard CD-R, CD-RW disks to burn up to 700 megabytes of data.