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Running head: SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN 1
A Proposal for Computer Lab Upgrade
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SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN 2
1. Introduction
We are in an era where everybody live in a community that is technology dependent
whether it is at home, work or school but [student’s school] students are not capable of
accessing technology in an effective way. Computers play a significant role in education because
they help us in completing our assignments, and doing research to mention a few. Additionally,
computer studies have become a critical part of the curriculum and it should be accorded
attention it deserves (Furberg, 2016). Having a well-equipped up-to-date computer lab have great
impacts not only on students but also on the institution at large. Be that as it may, the current
generation of computer lab equipment at [student’s school] are old and most of them are out
dated. We are currently in the middle of the semester where there is high demand for computers,
printers and computer peripherals as well as internet since students need to complete school
works but the available equipment does not effectively support the student’s needs.
1.1. Project summary
Presently, PC machines including CPUs, monitors, peripherals and printers in the
computer lab are not up to date. CPU’s have limited RAM; students experience issues
concerning paper jam, loss of data due to limited computer RAM. The lab has six printers, with
only one CPU functioning quite well while others does not function some times and others are
completely non-functional. The computers have an out of date operating system which does not
function well and more, the system protection is very poor since there is no malware/virus
protection. The internet connection in the laboratory is low and does not effectively support
online research. This is one of the powerful system part; it enable students to research and learn
new skills not leaving more advanced version of the current studies (Papacharissi, 2019). An

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upgraded computer system would enable [student’s school] students to improve their studies
which will make [student’s school] a better institution to be.
1.2. Project Description
1.2.1. Lab Equipment Details
We write this proposal to request for replacement and upgrade of the institution’s lab
equipment. We propose to replace the old equipment with 20 computer CPs including Intel core
i7-9700 (12M Cache, up to 4.70 GHz). In order to improve the processing speed of the
computers, we also seek to upgrade the existing RAM to 8GB of RAM. Because our operating
system is also out of date we will install, we will install the current version of windows 10
version 1903. Due to the reason that our current system does not have malware protection, we
also need to install AVG Antivirus latest version 19.4.3089 (Adebayo & Aziz, 2019). The lab
also lack peripherals, as such we propose 8 HP laser jet printers. Finally, we are also opting for
replacement of our keyboards and mice with the standard keyboards which are more familiar
with students. Along with that, we also need internet connection to facilitate research, as such,
we propose to install internet hardware components including two wireless routers, we
recommend Net-gear Nighthawk X10 with 6GB Ethernet LAN ports, 1.7GHz Quad-core
processor, 60GHz 11ad, and quad-stream architecture as well as two NETGEAR Nighthawk
S8000 8-PORT GB Ethernet switches. These current machines will help the institution to
improve students’ research and practical experience.
1.3. Overall project goals
This project is aimed at improving the upgrading [student’s school] computer lab to accomplish
two main goals.