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
19
Dell Precision 650
Windows XP
1 GB
36 GB SCSI
2.4 GHz Dual Xeon
1
Dell Precision 380
Windows XP
1 GB
120 GB ATA
2.8 GHz Dual Core
6
Apple iMac| Power PC
MAC OS 10.4 Tiger
1 GB
148.93 GB
1.8 GHz|G5
4
Apple iMac|Intel
MAC OS 10.4 Tiger
1 GB
232.57 GB
2.16 GHz|Intel Core 2 Duo
Software Available
Windows Machines
Mac Machines
MS-Office 2007
(Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.)
MS-Office 2004 (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.)
Adobe Creative Suite 2 (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
Adobe Creative Suite 2 (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
Adobe Creative Suite 3 | Only 4 machines (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premier, After Effects, Encore)
Macromedia Studio 8
(Flash,
Dreamweaver, FireWorks, etc.)
Maya 2008
Maya 2008
Shake 4.1
Shake 4.1
Browsers: Internet Explorer & FireFox
Browser: Safari
Archicad
QuarkExpress 6
Art-lantis 4.5
Final Cut Pro 5
AutoCad 2008
.
ArcGIS
.
Sketchup 6
.
Rhinoceros 4
.
SPSS 14
.
FormZ 6.5
.
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.
