or laptops. Also the proper amount of research must be done to make an informed decision whether to build or buy each platform. Every corner cut in research will result in unnecessary spending for the company. When purchasing the platforms the hardware team must remember to leave enough money to purchase software for each system so that the budget is met. Each type of system should comply with the minimum requirements listed below.Hardware Requirements - Minimum Requirements Processor: Intel 600 MHz Pentium III Processor Memory: 123 MB SDRAM Monitor: 17" or 19" color monitor (15.9" viewable area) Graphics Accelerator: 2 AGP 8 MG SGRAM Video Memory Hard Drive: 10 GB IDE hard drive Floppy Drive: 3.5" 1.44 MB diskette drive CD-ROM: 13X min. CD-ROM drive Multimedia Package: Wavetable sound card and MicroMedia Speakers Network Card: 3COM ISA Ethernet Combo or equivalent IOMEGA Drive: IOMEGA Internal ZIP drive APC uninterrupted power supply: APC UPS backup 650 or equivalent The teams must also research software applications and decide which systems will need different software. The teams need to look into licensing and implementing services. If the team chooses to buy the package rather than build, they need to consider which applications will come with the package. Below is the application software required for each system.Application Software Operating System/Windows 2000 ProfessionalMicrosoft Office 2000, Premium Edition Visual Studio Netscape 4.61 Internet Explorer 5.0 IntroductionInformation Technology TeamHardware Information:Curtis JohnsonRie EguchiSoftware/Network Information:Pranav DalalTuan NguyenProposal and Final Results:Dennis CunninghamVinay BanerjeeSue SellersScope1.To begin the process of setting up network we shall do individual research to acquire a wide variety of information.2.After preparing our individual research we will meet to compare information, research methods, and ideas.3.If enough information has been ga...
