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Baylor BU HelpDesk+ Hardware Technology Purchasing Standard Hardware & Categories
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    • Budget Estimating Tool
    • Standard Hardware & Categories
    • Request for Purchase of Non-Standard Technology
    • Mobile Devices and Data Plans
    • Technology Purchasing Lookup
    • Lost Equipment Report
  • Installation
  • Repair
  • Printing

Standard Hardware & Categories

Hardware Standards

STANDARD DESKTOP COMPUTERS:

Dell OptiPlex 7020 Small Form Factor

  • 14th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 14500 vPro® (24MB cache, 14 cores, 20 threads, up to 5.0 GHz Turbo)
  • 16 GB: 1 x 16 GB, DDR5
  • M.2 256 GB PCIe NVMe Class 35 Solid State Drive
  • Intel Integrated Graphics

Mac Mini

  • Apple M4 chip with 10-core CPU, 10-core GPU, and 16-core Neural Engine
  • 16 GB unified memory
  • 512 GB SSD storage

STANDARD LAPTOP COMPUTERS:

Dell Precision Mobile 3490

  • Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 125H, vPro® Essentials (18MB Cache, 14 Cores, 18 Threads, up to 4.50 GHz, 28W)
  • 16 GB: 2 x 8 GB, DDR5, 5600 MT/s, non-ECC
  • 256GB, M.2 2230, Gen4 TLC PCIe NVMe, SSD, Class 35
  • Intel® Graphics or Intel® Arc™ Pro Graphics
  • 14" FHD 1920x1080, 60Hz, 250 nits, Non-Touch, FHD HDR RGB Camera, Mic, WLAN

Apple MacBook Air (option 1)

  • Apple M3 chip with 8-core CPU, 10-core GPU, and 16-core Neural Engine
  • 16 GB unified memory
  • 512 GB SSD storage
  • 13.6" Retina display with True Tone, 500 nits
  • Support for up to two external displays (with laptop lid closed)

Apple MacBook Air (option 2)

  • Apple M3 chip with 8-core CPU, 10-core GPU, and 16-core Neural Engine
  • 16 GB unified memory
  • 512 GB SSD storage
  • 15.3" Retina display with True Tone, 500 nits
  • Support for up to two external displays (with laptop lid closed)

STANDARD ENTERPRISE PRINTERS:

  • HP M611dn - High Volume, Black and White, Networkable printer
  • HP 6700dn - High Volume, Color, Networkable printer
  • HP M406dn - Mid Volume, Black and White, Networkable printer
  • HP M455dn - Mid Volume, Color, Networkable printer
  • HP M430f - Multi-Function Black and White, Networkable printer/scanner/copier
  • HP M480f - Multi-Function Color, Networkable printer/scanner/copier

Standard Hardware Categories

Category 1: Primary Office
Designate only one per person

Category 2: Student, Teaching assistants
Student Worker
Graduate Student
Teaching Asst.

Category 3: Instructional
Student Lab/classroom/central
Student Lab/classroom/departmental
Computers attached to instruments (musical or scientific)
Classroom/lectern: Computer in technology classrooms
Training and Seminar Rooms

Category 4: Research
Research: General category for computers dedicated to faculty research work

Category 5: Public
Point of Service Reference Desk, circulation, cash register terminal, ID cards
Public Access such as Kiosks/display; checkout laptops
Single Purpose - Public (Financial Aid, DPS, Bearcat) running a specific program/system that people can use.
Open Computing (Computers not in a classroom)

Category 6: Other
Equipment Dependent (such as computers attached to scanners)
Test computers
Departmental Servers
Media Production - DMS, Education, etc.

Category 7: Managed by ITS Client Services
Equipment managed by ITS Client Services

Category 8: Stored in Department
Equipment that is stored in a department with a planned use

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      • Run Inventory Reports
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      • Request for Purchase of Non-Standard Technology
      • Mobile Devices and Data Plans
      • Technology Purchasing Lookup
      • Lost Equipment Report
    • Installation
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