Computer Facility • 53 Church Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

Computer Labs

Our labs are equipped with an array of hardware, outlined below. We also have extensive software.

53 Church Street

Lab (Room #) Resources
Shared Lab Resources
  • Wired Gigabit Networking to Lab Workstations with Redundant Fiber Optic Internet Backbone Links
  • Wireless b/g/n Networking (wireless radius includes outdoor patios and nearby cafés)
  • HP Black and White LaserJet printer (printing of small print jobs is included for registered continuing education students)
  • HP Color LaserJet printer (requires permission from front desk)
Video Streaming Lab (L01)
  • 31 Lenovo Intel i7 ThinkPads with 4GB of RAM, 500GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drives
  • Each includes a NVIDIA Quadro 1000M with 2 GB of video RAM
  • Each laptop includes a DVD-RW/CD-RW Drive
Macintosh Lab (104)
  • 30 MacPro 3.7GHz Quad-core Ivy-Bridge 64-bit Intel Xeon E5 desktops (the cylinders) with 12GB of ECC RAM, 1TB Solid-State Flash Memory Drive
  • Each includes the high-end AMD FirePro D300 with 2GB of video RAM
  • Each configured with VirtualBox for shared usage of Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise Edition
  • Each features a 27″ glass panel Apple Thunderbolt Display
  • High-definition movie production non-linear video editing software from Apple Final Cut Studio to Adobe Creative Cloud
  • Dual 80" LCD video screens for TV & movie instructional design and one 100" 16:9 over-head projection system; and 6.1 surround sound for audio design
Multimedia Editing Lab (105)
  • 6 MacPro 3.7GHz Quad-core Ivy-Bridge 64-bit Intel Xeon E5 desktops (the cylinders) with 12GB of ECC RAM, 1TB Solid-State Flash Memory Drive
  • Each includes the high-end AMD FirePro D300 with 2GB of video RAM
  • Each configured with VirtualBox for shared usage of Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise Edition
  • 3 Canon 9950 High Resolution Scanners with back-light capability
  • 2 High Definition DV, DVD, and VHS Duplication Stations
  • Each features dual–27″ glass panel Apple Thunderbolt Display for professional–level editing, palette, script, and video monitoring.
  • High-definition movie production non-linear video editing software from Apple Final Cut Studio to Adobe Creative Cloud
Mini Lab and Adaptive Technology(107)
  • 4 Dell OptiPlex Desktop Computers
  • 19″ Flat-Panel Display
  • DVD-RW/CD-RW Drive

Adaptive Technology Hardware

  • 3 Dell OptiPlex Desktop Computers
  • 22″ Flat-Panel Display
  • DVD-RW/CD-RW Drive
  • Smartview SV80000 Document/Object Magnifier with inverse color view

Adaptive Technology Software

  • Dragon Naturally Speaking Voice Recognition Software
  • JAWS Windows Reader
  • MAGIC Screen Magnification Software
  • Kurzweil Optical Character Recognition Software with mp3 text-to-audio creator
PC Classroom (201)
  • 21 Dell OptiPlex 980 2.8GHz Quad-Core 64-bit Intel i7 Workstations with 8GB of Non-ECC RAM, 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drives
  • 20″ Flat-Panel Display
  • DVD-RW/CD-RW Drive
  • Dual over-head projection system with touch panel control of multi-media instructional hardware
Macintosh Lab (202)
  • 30 MacPro 3.7GHz Quad-core Ivy-Bridge 64-bit Intel Xeon E5 desktops (the cylinders) with 12GB of ECC RAM, 1TB Solid-State Flash Memory Drive
  • Each includes the high-end AMD FirePro D300 with 2GB of video RAM
  • Each configured with VirtualBox for shared usage of Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise Edition
  • Dual over-head projection system with touch panel control of multi-media instructional hardware
Mobile Classroom (203)
  • 16 MacBook Pro Dual 2.7GHz 64-bit Intel i7 laptops with 8GB of RAM, 750GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drives
  • Each includes the high-end NVIDIA Nvidia GeForce 650M with 1 GB of video RAM
  • Each configured with VirtualBox for shared usage of Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise Edition
  • Each workstation comes with a 16x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD-+R DL/DVD-+RW/CD-RW)
  • High-definition movie production non-linear video editing software from Apple Final Cut Studio to Adobe Creative Cloud
  • Dual 42" LCD video screens with touch panel control of multi-media instructional hardware