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eta a 7/e Wanah <br />515 Little Canada Road, Little Canada, MN 55117 -1600 <br />(651) 766 -4029 / FAX: (651) 766 -4048 <br />www.ci.little-canakia.mn.us <br />MAYOR <br />Bill Blesener <br />COUNCIL <br />Rick Montour <br />John Keis <br />Michael McGraw <br />Shelly Boss <br />ADMINISTRATOR <br />Joel R. Hanson <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Mayor Blesener & Members of City Council <br />FROM: Vanessa Van Alstine, Cable Television Producer <br />DATE: June 21, 2012 <br />RE: Edit Computer Purchase <br />The Apple Power Mac G5 computer used for editing video failed in August 2011. Staff <br />brought the computer to the Apple Store for service where it was diagnosed with a bad <br />logic board. To replace the board would have cost over $2000. Since the computer was <br />purchased in 2005, it was already six years old, several technological generations out of <br />date, and no longer compatible with the current operating system. It was not a good use <br />of resources to repair that computer. <br />CTV North Suburbs had recently upgraded their computer systems and retired some <br />similar computers. While CTV's Power Mac G5 was slower, with a single processor <br />1.8GI-Iz instead of the dual processor 2.5GHz in the system that failed, staff was able to <br />transfer the hard drives, video card, RAM, and other accessories to quickly get a system <br />functioning to allow completion of summer sports. <br />The video industry was anticipating upgraded computers from Apple in the near future, <br />so staff held off on replacing the borrowed G5, holding out to purchase the next <br />generation of technology and make the most of the upgrade window. The professional, <br />expandable computers used for video editing were finally updated on June 11, 2012. <br />While the update was not major, the next generation technology will not be available for <br />an estimated 12 -18 months. Staff has been making do, but the borrowed computer will <br />not run current software. It is much slower than the old computer, and waiting another <br />year is not practical. <br />Attached is a quote from the state & local government Apple Store for a Mac Pro <br />3.33GHz 6 -Core Intel Xeon with 6GB RAM, ATI Radeon HD 5870 graphics card, 1TB <br />hard drive, dual optical drives, VGA adapter to connect to the existing display, and <br />extended protection plan. This is a build -to -order option with the processor and graphics <br />board optimized for video editing. The second optical drive allows for more capacity <br />burning DVDs for distribution of finished shows. The total cost is $3,584.88 including <br />