Recommended Hardware

The below list of University Supported Computer Hardware has been taken from OIT's website. The original can be found here.

IBM (updated 10-30-06)

  Desktop Laptop Tablet
Product Description IBM ThinkCentre M52 8143 - P4 540 3.2 GHz Lenovo ThinkPad T60 1951 - Core Duo T2400 1.83 GHz - 14.1" TFT Lenovo ThinkPad X41 Tablet 1866 -  12.1" TFT
Dimensions (WxDxH) 6.9 in x 17.7 in x 19.4 in 12.2 in x 10 in x 1.2 in 10.8 in x 10.5 in x 1.3 in
Weight  23.1 lbs 5.5 lbs 4lbs
Processor Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz Intel Core Duo T2400 / 1.83 GHz ( Dual-Core ) Pentium M778 1.6 GHz
Cache Memory 1 MB L2 cache 2 MB L2 cache 2MB - L2 Cache

Cache Per Processor

1 MB    
RAM   1GB (installed) / 4 GB (max) - DDR SDRAM - 400 MHz - PC3150 1 GB (installed) / 3 GB (max) - DDR II SDRAM - 667 MHz - PC2-5300 1GIG (installed)/ 1.5 GB (max) - DDR II SDRAM- 400 MHz- PC2-4150
Storage Controller Serial ATA (Serial ATA-150) Serial ATA-150  
Floppy Drive 3.5" 1.44 MB floppy N/A  
Hard Drive 80 GB - standard - Serial ATA-150 60 GB - Serial ATA-150 - 5400 rpm 60 GB- 4150 rpm
Optical Storage CD-RW / DVD-ROM combo CD-RW / DVD-ROM combo - plug-in module  
Display 17" IBM Thinkvision L170P Flat Panel 14.1" TFT active matrix 1024 x 768 ( XGA ) - 24-bit (16.7 million colors) 12.1" TFT active matix XGA (1024 x 768) - 24-bit (16.7 million colors)
Graphics Controller Intel GMA 900 Intel GMA 950 Intel GMA 900
Audio Output Sound card Sound card Sound card
Hardware Support Service 3 Year Warranty NBD response on site 3 Years Depot Warranty 3 years warranty

Speakers

Built-in Devices    
Networking Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet

Network adapter - Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11g

Network adapter - Ethernet, Fast Ehternet, Gigabit Ethernet, Bluetooth, IEEE 802.1EEE 802 11a, IEEE 802. 11g

Mouse

Optical Wheeled Mouse, USB 400dpi N/A  
Keyboard 104 Key Preferred Full Size PS/2 Keyboard, TrackPoint, UltraNav  
Battery N/A Lithium Ion Battery  

Apple (updated 10-30-06)

Desktop Laptop
Product Description 2GHz Dual-core PowerPC G5 MacBook 2.0GHz Intel Core Duo - White
Dimensions (WxDxH) 8.1 in X 18.7 in X 20.1 in
Weight 39.2 lbs
Processor Dual 2GHz PowerPC G5 2.0GHz Intel Core Duo
Cache Memory 512 KB L2 cache

Cache Per Processor

512K per processor
RAM   512MB DDR400 SDRAM (PC3200) - 2x256 1GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM
Floppy Drive None  
Hard Drive 160GB Serial ATA - 7200rpm 60GB Serial ATA drive
Optical Storage 16x SuperDrive double-layer (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) SuperDrive (DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Graphics Controller NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE 128MB SDRAM  
Monitor *Apple has recently discontinued our recommended hardware build. We can only recommend 17" IBM Thinkvision L170P flat-panel displays for use with Apple desktops. We apologize for the inconvenience.  

Hardware Support Service

AppleCare Protection Plan - APP for Power Mac with Display - Auto Enroll AppleCare Protection Plan for MacBook/iBook
Networking Gigabit Ethernet port  

Mouse

Apple Mouse  
Keyboard Apple Keyboard Keyboard/Mac OS - U.S. English
Battery NA  


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