The Fort Lauderdale Computer Lab is located in the sixth floor of the Higher Education Complex (HEC) building, room 611.
This computer lab contains 30 Windows and Mac computers, as well as multiple printers. All the computers are connected to the campus network and have full access to the Internet.
This open lab is open to all FAU students, and allows them to complete class assignments, conduct research, and perform any other FAU-related academic work.
The Fort Lauderdale Computer Lab contains 2 scanners, 2 black and white laser printers, 1 color laser printer, 1 inkjet wide-format color printer, and 1 color plotter printer.
Qty.
Maker & Model
Operating System
Memory
Hard Drive
Processor
20
Dell
Precision T3400
Windows XP
4 GB
160 GB SATA
2.40 GHz
Quad Core
10
Apple
iMac|Intel
MAC OS X
v10.5 Leopard
2 GB
320 GB SATA
2.66 GHz Intel
Core 2 Duo
Software Available
Windows Machines
Mac Machines
MS-Office 2007
(Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.)
MS-Office 2008 (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.)
Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium
(Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver)
Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium
(Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver)
Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production|4 machines
(Photoshop, Illustrator, Premier, After Effects, Encore)
Maya 2009
Maya 2009
Shake 4.1
Browsers: Internet Explorer & FireFox
Browsers: Safari & FireFox
Archicad 11 & 12
Final Cut Pro 6
AutoCad 2009
ArcGIS
Sketchup 6
.
Rhinoceros 4
.
SPSS 16 & 17
.
FormZ 6.6
.
Printing in the Lab
The Fort Lauderdale Computer Lab is equipped with a pay-for-print system.
The system requires a valid FAU student ID (Owl card), a faculty ID or a visitor's card. The visitor's card can be purchased within the lab for $1.
Users can add money to their card as needed, using a cash-to-card machine, which is available inside the computer lab.