--- Forwarded Message from [log in to unmask] (Dennis Magnuson) --- >Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 14:03:23 -0500 >To: [log in to unmask] >From: [log in to unmask] (Dennis Magnuson) >Subject: Lab configurations with mini-tower computers Dear LLTI colleagues, Here at Luther College we will be refurbishing our Lang Lrng Ctr, having had our present configuration for 10 years. We are considering 2 hexagonal areas, with 6 computers (MAC mini-tower, not desktop models) on each one. The concern we have is with the centering of the monitors and the placement of the towers. It seems that the units we have seen are designed only for desktop models. Placing the mini-tower next to the monitor results in "off-centering" the monitor with respect to the chairs. We would like to hear from others who have had to deal with mini-tower units and how they solved the problem. There is concern that putting them on the floor under the hex-modules will inevitably cause problems with disconnects, damage due to being hit accidentally by student users, etc. And one of the hex-modules we have seen has a hex-shelf above, but the aesthetics and utility of having to stretch tall to insert a CD-Rom or ZIP disk are less than appealing! Any advice, especially from others who have hex or octagonal modules, would be much appreciated. Gracias, Dennis D. Magnuson Assoc Prof of Span & Dir, Lang Lrng Ctr Luther College Decorah, IA 52101 tel (319) 387-2160 [log in to unmask]