computer installed

The computers in these libraries were entering their fourth and final year under warranty,
Thomas Roderick, student technology coordinator, said. However, the older computers will still be useful.

Once a warranty expires the computers are put into a “recycle” cycle, Roderick said.

“When we recycle machines out of another library or lab on campus we take the machines and put them on the fourth floor of Watson,” Roderick said.

Once transferred, the computers will stay there for one year before being cycled out. This practice gets additional use of the computers and prevents the University from needlessly spending money to replace a large number of computers at once. The new computers were purchased on two separate orders and cost between $800 and $900, but the University did receive a discount for buying them in bulk, Roderick said.