PC in Centrally Administered Classrooms (including Lecture Theatres)

Network-connected PCs (called “Classroom PCs”) have been installed in 73 centrally administered classrooms in the Main Campus and 75 classrooms in the Centennial Campus.  They support commonly used software and readily accessible Internet services for instructional presentations to facilitate teaching in the classrooms.  

Each PC is configured with a DVD drive and a USB connector or a USB port.

Note:

The following lists the software and hardware configuration of the Classroom PCs:


Software

in New Classrooms in Centennial Campus and Knowles Building 1/F

in Main Campus Classrooms

Operating System
  • Microsoft Windows 7 (Enterprise Edition) with Service Pack 1
  • Microsoft Windows 7 (Enterprise Edition) with Service Pack 1

Microsoft Office
  • Access 2007/2010 (Office 2007/2010)
  • Excel 2003/2007/2010 (Office 2003/2007/2010)
  • Outlook 2010
  • PowerPoint 2007/2010 (Office 2007/2010)
  • Word 2003/2007/2010 (Office 2003/2007/2010)
  • Publisher 2007
  • Access 2007/2010 (Office 2007/2010)
  • Excel 2003/2007/2010 (Office 2003/2007/2010)
  • Outlook 2010
  • PowerPoint 2007/2010 (Office 2007/2010)
  • Word 2003/2007/2010 (Office 2003/2007/2010)
  • Publisher 2007

Browers
  • Internet Explorer 9.0
  • Chrome
  • Internet Explorer 8.0
  • Chrome

Acrobat software
  • Acrobat Reader 10
  • Adobe Acrobat Professional 10
  • Flash 10 for browser
  • Acrobat Reader 10.1.3
  • Adobe Acrobat X Pro
  • Flash 10 for browser

DVD Software Player (play DVD/VCD/CD of all region codes)
  • UM Player 0.98
  • VLC Player
  • UM Player 0.98
  • VLC Player

Media player
  • Microsoft Media player 12
  • QuickTime 7.5.x
  • RealPlayer 11
  • Microsoft Media Player 12
  • QuickTime 7.5
  • RealPlayer 11

Programming tool
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2005

Scientific and Statistics package
  • Scilab 5.3.3
  • R 2.15
  • Scilab 5.3.3
  • R 2.15

Other software
  • 7-Zip file Manager 9.2 (compression program)
  • Core FTP LE 2.2 (file transfer)
  • Irfan View 4.1 (image viewer)
  • Java 6 Update 32
  • Putty 0.62 (for remote login)
  • Sophos Anti-Virus 9.7
  • EndNote X5
  • Apabi Reader 3.1 (a book reader)
  • SS Reader (a book reader)
  • 7-Zip file Manager 9.2 (compression program)
  • Core FTP LE 2.2 (file transfer)
  • Irfan View 4.1 (image viewer)
  • Java 6 Update 32
  • Putty 0.62 (for remote login)
  • Sophos Anti-Virus 9.7
  • EndNote X5
  • Apabi Reader 3.1 (a book reader)
  • SS Reader (a book reader)

Hardware configuration

HP EliteBook 8470 notebook
Intel i5-3320M (2.60 GHz) CPU,
4GB RAM,
256GB solid state disk

Desktop PC
Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 (2.66GHz) CPU,
2GB RAM,
250GB hard disk

or
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 (2.13GHz) CPU,
2GB RAM,
160GB hard disk