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"Uni PC Equipment"

OK, I've got most of the PC stuff I'll need for Uni, but there are a few things I need.

Primarily:
- Desktop speakers (just 2 satellites, not with subwoofer or anything, but reasonable quality and power)
- TV Card (I've got one at the moment - Hauppauge WinTV - but it can't record very well at all - e.g. can't compress - and the quality isn't fantastic)
- All-In-One Printer/Scanner/Copier (something small - I'm looking at the HP PSC1205 and HP PSC1350)
- Carrying case for my huuuuge TT XaserIII Supertower case and 17" TFT monitor)

Being a student and skint already, I don't wanna spend too much, but I wanna get something of reasonable quality.

I believe there is a standard 100mbit/s LAN around the campus.No network sockets in any of the on campus halls though - only dial up in some.So Im banking on being able to link up to some free sockets over the weekends.

A SFF PC would have been great, but I've too damn many PCI cards :-(

Bummer.

So you'll not be able to get an Xbox and Live then?

Not this year :-( they have promised that they are upgrading everything (slowly), so who knows, maybe by the 2nd - 3rd year I could be plugging in Xbox 2....:P

Bit of a bummer that. They should at least put in WiFi or something.

When I went, they said they had network points in most of the rooms, and telephone points in all.

Then he was lying to get out of it... ahaha.

Nimco wrote:
> When I went, they said they had network points in most of the rooms,
> and telephone points in all.

That would be in the newly built (upmarketish) ones...

I tell you those student guides were paid to glorify York!!!

Well hopefully I'm going to James college which is one of the newest - it's right outside the Physics building so I should get priority. I hope!

tigamilla wrote:
> That would be in the newly built (upmarketish) ones...
>
> I tell you those student guides were paid to glorify York!!!

I've just spoken to York Uni and they directed me to the following site: [URL]http://www.sns.york.ac.uk[/URL]

It shows that most blocks do have network access, but the Terms & Conditions are pretty strict. There is a £60 payment per MAC address, so to have more than 1 PC would be expensive. You are not allowed any private network infrastructure - e.g. allowing your 2nd PC to access the network via the first PC. Only certain ports are open. You cannot play games across the network or run any servers. Loads of T&C. I've got a wireless network adapter, so I'm gonna take that with me so if anyone else in my block has wireless as well, we can setup our own network. :) Games galore.

That was a pretty interesting read!!

Thanks for digging that one up, wireless network card it is then!!