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Item 1B <br />City Council Work Session <br />Page 3 <br /> <br /> 3 <br /> <br />Digital Deck <br />The City of Mounds View already owns a Sony DSR-11 digital deck which is listed by <br />Apple as a qualified device for Final Cut Studio 2. The DSR-11 has a FireWire connection <br />which would allow it to be connected to the Mac Pro and used to capture videotape. It can <br />handle both the DVCAM format tape used by the city camcorder as well as the miniDV <br />format tape that is used with the CTV camcorders. <br /> <br />Bids <br />Include: <br />• Apple Final Cut Studio 2 software <br />• Mac Pro with two 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors, 16 GB RAM, NVIDIA <br />GeForce 8800 GT 512MB (Two dual-link DVI) video card, one 320 GB hard drive, three <br />750 GB hard drives, 16x SuperDrive, Mac OS X 10.5 “Leopard”, Apple iLife software, <br />Apple Keyboard and Mighty Mouse, Accessory kit <br />• Apple Cinema HD Display (30” flat panel) <br />• AppleCare Protection Plan <br />• Sales (or Use) tax <br />• Shipping <br /> <br />Staff requested bids from local Apple resellers, major online sellers, as well as directly <br />from Apple through the government purchase program. Apple has a reputation for <br />charging much higher-than-market prices for accessories such as hard drives and RAM <br />memory, so staff specified a basic core system, then sought pricing from third-party <br />sources for hard drives and memory. <br /> <br />Basic computer system from Apple Government Store $6082.43 <br />plus third-party hard drives (NewEgg.com) and RAM (OWC) $1372.10 <br />TOTAL <br /> <br /> <br />$7454.53 <br />Basic computer system from Exper.com $6678.62 <br />plus third-party hard drives (NewEgg.com) and RAM (OWC) $1372.10 <br />TOTAL <br /> <br /> <br />$8050.72 <br />Basic computer system from MacMall.com $6695.76 <br />plus third-party hard drives (NewEgg.com) and RAM (OWC) $1372.10 <br />TOTAL <br /> <br /> <br />$8067.86 <br />Basic computer system from Amazon.com $6710.96 <br />plus third-party hard drives (NewEgg.com) and RAM (OWC) $1372.10 <br />TOTAL <br /> <br /> <br />$8083.06 <br />Complete system from FirstTech $8797.00 <br />Basic computer system from Alpha Video $6535.42 <br />plus third-party hard drives and RAM from Alpha Video $2561.33 <br />TOTAL <br /> <br /> <br />$9095.11 <br />Complete system from Apple Government Store $10,737.66 <br />Complete system from Alpha Video $11,539.28 <br />Complete system from Apple Retail Store $11,819.22 <br />