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ERIC Number: EJ559805
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0742-5759
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Old PCs: Upgrade or Abandon?
Perez, Ernest
Library Software Review, v16 n2 p68-72 Jun 1997
Examines the practical realities of upgrading Intel personal computers in libraries, considering budgets and technical personnel availability. Highlights include adding RAM; putting in faster processor chips, including clock multipliers; new hard disks; CD-ROM speed; motherboards and interface cards; cost limits and economic factors; and recommendations. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Peripherals, Computer Selection, Computer Storage Devices, Costs, Economic Factors, Equipment Evaluation, Improvement, Library Automation, Library Expenditures, Library Personnel, Microcomputers, Optical Data Disks
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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