iMacs for UNIV-3-084

Coming soon to a Training Room near you!!  We got these in early last week, and we have been working diligently to create an image for these machines.  You should expect a roll-out of these brand-new iMac machines early next week.

They will all be dual-boot (MacOSX SnowLeopard 10.6 + WindowsXP SP3) with all of the software favorites you have known and loved...

Some titles include:

• ArcGIS
• Datatel UI 2.3
• Picasa 3
• Office 2007

New!!!:

Tech4Learning Titles include----->

• Frames 4
• ImageBlender 3
• Pixie 2
• Twist
• WebBlender

Stay tuned for an update of when these changes are LIVE!!!!!

Deployment Days: Doble 4th Floor

So, the deployment of a new computer image is occurring in Doble 413 & Doble 415 as of 10:00am.

The total image size is about 40GB (MacOSX+WindowsXP)
Good stuff!

I will post a software list and an update to follow.
More info coming soon!!!!

Software Updates for Wolfard Fall 2010 Image!

Rigorously running through software updates for the Wolfard workstation image.
It's interesting because this area contains what I consider our "2nd Gen" iMacs*...
These are characterized primarily by the thin base-stands, the Mini-DisplayPort connector, and the nVidia integrated graphics cards.


*2nd Generation only in the series of Aluminum iMacs that we have on this campus.

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MacOSX
--> Software Update included various security & application updates.

• EFI Firmware 1.4
• Bluetooth Firmware 2.01
• SuperDrive Firmware 3.0

Applications:

Updated Office 2008 -- 12.x
Flip4Mac WMV Components -- 2.3.2.6
Adobe Reader -- 9.3.2
Firefox -- 3.6.3
Google Earth 5.1.3535.3218

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WinXPSP3 
--> Windows Update included various security & application updates.

Applications:

Installed Filezilla FTP Client 3.3.2.1
Microsoft Office 2007

Realtek vs. BootCamp via 1st Generation 21" iMacs

So many of you all have reported that the sound quality from the 21" iMacs either sucks (strange swooshing or crackling sounds) or doesn't work at all under Windows XP/Windows 7.
Well, not to worry;  you aren't alone.

This is a known issue through Apple and BootCamp, and we here at the Labs & Classrooms office feels your pain.  We have updated Boot Camp drivers (now running 3.1),... and we have installed May 2010 drivers (WDM_R248) from the Realtek website...

Perhaps this will help!

Relevant links:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=389026
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=24&PFid=24&Level=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3

Areas this affects:
All dual-boot 21" iMacs (1st, 2nd, & 3rd Gen).

We'll post a couple of comments to follow-up.
Thanks for reporting your concerns!!!

--- Richard