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    College of Engineering
    May 2008

    Minimum Laptop/Tablet Computer Hardware Recommendations
    College of Engineering First Year Students, Fall 2008

    1. General Characteristics

      For Windows -- Intel Core Duo at a minimum of 2.2 GHz, 3.0 GHz recommended for frequent AutoCAD users
      For Macintosh -- Intel Core Duo at a minimum of 2.2 GHz
      2 GB RAM minimum, 4 GB recommended
      Hard Drive 80 - 200 GB
      DVD/CD combo drive or DVD/RW
      10/100/1000 Mb/s Ethernet adapter
      Wireless (802.11) adapter for a laptop or tablet
      Graphics Media Accelerator
      128 MB Video card minimum
      Windows Vista Business or Windows Vista Home Premium
      Mac OS X
      Three year extended warranty

      Example Windows Tablet PC

      HP Compaq tc4400 Tablet PC
      Genuine Windows® XP Tablet PC Edition
      Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T7200 (2.0GHz, 4MB cache, 667MHz FSB)
      12.1 inch TFT XGA WVA Display with Fingerprint Reader
      2 GB (667MHz, DDRII memory, 2 DIMM)
      120 GB 5400rpm Serial ATA Hard Drive
      10/100/1000 NIC, 56K Modem
      MultiBay II 8X DVD-ROM
      Intel® Pro Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection, Integrated Bluetooth Module
      65 W Smart AC Adapter US
      11.22 x 9.25 x 1.35 in (28.5 x 23.5 x 3.43 cm), 4.6 pounds (2.08 kg)
      3 year worldwide limited warranty

    2. Example Windows Laptop PC

      Dell Latitude D830
      Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7300 (2.00 GHz) 4M L2 Cache, 800 MHz Dual Core
      Genuine Windows Vista® Business, with media
      15.4 inch Wide Screen WXGA LCD Panel
      2.0 GB, DDR2-667 SDRAM, 1 DIMM
      128 MB NVIDIA® Quadro NVS 135M™
      120 GB Hard Drive, 9.5MM, 5400 RPM
      Dell Wireless® 360 Bluetooth Module for Vista
      90 W A/C Adapter
      8X DVD+/-RW w/Roxio and Cyberlink Power DVD™
      Intel® 4965 802.11a/g/n Dual-Band Mini Card
      Resource DVD - Contains Diagnostics and Drivers for Vista
      9 Cell Primary Battery
      1.39” x 14.2” x 10.34” (3.53 x 36.1 x 26.26 cm), weight starts at 5.97 pounds (2.71 kg)
      3 Year Limited Warranty plus 3 Year NBD On-site Service and CompleteCare

      Example Apple Laptops

      Apple MacBook Laptop
      13.3" display
      2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
      Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
      120 GB Serial ATA drive 5400 rpm
      2 GB RAM (2 DIMM)
      Double-layer SuperDrive 8x (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) .
      Intel GMA X3100 graphics processor with 144 MB of DDR2 SDRAM shared with main memory
      Built in Bluetooth, 802.11n Wireless LAN
      Built-in iSight camera
      3 year warranty
      1.08 x 12.78 x 8.92 inches (2.75 x 32.5 x 22.7 cm), 5.0 pounds (2.27 kg)

    3. Apple MacBook Pro Laptop

    4. 15-inch Widescreen Display
      2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
      Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
      120 GB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 rpm
      2 GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2 x 1 GB
      Backlit Keyboard/Mac OS - U.S. English
      Double-layer SuperDrive 8x (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
      Built in Bluetooth, 802.11n Wireless LAN
      Built-in iSight camera
      3 year warranty
      1 x 14.1 x 9.6 inches (2.59 x 35.7 x 24.3 cm), 5.4 pounds (2.45 kg)

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