2012-2013 Academic Year Announcements
Welcome back for the 2012-2013 Academic Year. Here is a short list of the major changes for this academic year. If you have any questions, please submit a ticket online at http://CAD-helpdesk.rit.edu.
Free Software for Students:
- Go Here and join the Autodesk Community to Access Free* student downloads http://students.autodesk.com/
- Macs — All computers are moving to Mac OS X Lion 10.7.x. Mountain Lion is on hold until further notice.
- PCs — Windows 7 (no change)
- Adobe Suite — All versions have been updated to the latest release of 6.0.
- Apple Final Cut Pro — FCP 7 is no longer available and has been removed. FCP X is now the standard Apple Pro editing suite
- AutoDesk Software — 2013 versions will be deployed to the labs for the start of Fall. Please make a request for the software to be applied to your computer.
- Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac — Installed in all Mac labs. It is recommeneded that users of 2008 be updated at their earliest convenience. Please make an appointment via http://CAD-helpdesk.rit.edu
- Mac Pro 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon w/ 8 GB RAM and 24″ NEC displays
- Mac Pro 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon w/ 8 GB RAM and 24″ NEC displays
- Mac Pro 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon w/ 8 GB RAM and 24″ NEC displays
- Revamped into a teaching lab. Received cascaded 20″ iMacs from ESP Lab
- Now located in Room 7B-2xxx. Received cascaded 20″ iMacs from ESP Lab
- New BOXX Extreme W4920 Towers w/ Intel Xeon E5 3.3 GHz (x12) 8 GB RAM
- Dell Precision T1600 w/ Intel Core i7 3.3 GHz (x8) 8 GB RAM
- Received Cascaded BOXX computers from 3DL
*Free products are subject to the terms and conditions of the end-user license and services agreement that accompanies the software. The software is for personal use for education purposes and is not intended for classroom or lab use.
SOFTWARE CHANGES:
Operating System:
Popular Software Suites
Lab Hardware Upgrades
ESP Lab
Fine Art Grad Lab
BioMed Lab
4D Lab
3DL Lab
3500 Lab
GMC Lab