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End Of Life Products/Devices:

As technology progresses, MANUFACTURERS phase out the support of older technology. The information below will change as the District is made aware of these "end of life" announcements from the MANUFACTURERS. This status indicates that parts and services will cease to be available on the dates indicated. The District will continue to support this equipment with "best efforts*" by exhausting all available support resources. However, user are forewarned that eventually, service on this technology will not be possible. At that point, support of the technology will fall to the individual site or the technology will need to be surplused.

Computers - PC:

bulletIntel 368, 386SX
bulletIntel 468, 486SX, 486DX, 486DX2
bulletAll Pentium I, II, and III systems
bulletPentium IV systems slower than 1GHz
bulletAll AMD Duron or Athlon (except XP) systems
bulletAll AMD Athlon XP systems slower than 1GHz

Computers - Apple:

bulletAny system NOT labeled iMac, eMac, G3, G4, or G5

Audio/Video:

bulletPhonographs
bulletLaser disc players
bullet Film projectors, 8mm, 16mm
bullet Filmstrip projectors

Printers:

bulletAll Dot Matrix printers
bulletInkJet printers older than 4 years
bulletLaser printers older than 5 years

*Best Effort is defined as repairing and/or replacing defective parts as available from the manufacturer and other sources. Equipment will not be upgraded (CPU, hard drive, memory, etc.) to overcome performance or capacity limitations of the hardware.