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Faculty Upgrades

Every year the Provost offers a refresh for tenured and tenure-track faculty with older computers. This usually happens in the fall and an email is sent out from the Provost's Office. For more information regarding this program, please call the Provost's Office at (215) 895-2200.

Faculty Upgrade Computer Choices

PC Netbook PC Laptop PC Desktop Apple Desktop Apple Laptop
Model Dell Latitude 2100
Dell Latitude Model 2100
Lenovo T400
Lenovo T400
Lenovo M58
Lenovo M58
iMAC with 21.5 in. display
iMac 21 inch
MacBook Pro 13in.
MacBook Pro
Processor Intel Atom N270 (1.60GHz, 533Mhz FSB, 512K cache) 1.0GB int memory Intel Core 2 Duo P9900, 2.66GHz, 1066 MHz bus, 3MP L2 Intel Pentium E7400 (2.8GHz 1066MHz 3MP L2) 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Operating System Windows XP PRO SP3 with Windows Vista Business OR Vista Basic Downgrade Relationship Notebook Windows Vista Business 32 with downgrade to XP Pro Windows XP Pro - preinstalled via downgrade rights in Vista Bus. 10.6 Snow Leopard 10.6 Snow Leopard
Display 10.1inch WSVGA LED Display 14.1inch WXGA TFT, with LED Backlight Lenovo L2250p 22inch Wide Flat Panel 21.5 inch 13 inch
Memory (RAM) 2GB, DDR2 SDRAM, 1 DIMM 4GB PC3-8500 DDR3 SDRAM 1067MHz SODIMM (2 DIMMs) 4GB, PC3 8500 1066MHz SDRAM Memory, (2DIMMs) 4GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x2GB 4GB
Hard Drive 250GB Hard Drive 9.5MM, 5400RPM 250GB HDD, 7200 RMP with Disk Encryption 320GB, 8M Cache, 7200RPM STA II, 3.0Gb/s 500GB Serial ATA Drive 250GB
CD ROM External USB 8X DVD+/-RW DVD Recordable, 8x MAX Ultrabay Enhanced (Serial ATA) DVD Recordable (with DVD Playback and Burner Software) 8x slot-loading SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) 8x slot-loading SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Network Intel WiFi Link 5100 (802.11 a/g/n 1X2); Dell Wireless 365 Bluetooth 2.1 Intel WiFi Link 5300 (AGN)/ Integrated Bluetooth PAN Gigabit Ethernet on planar, Intel 82567LM, Wake on LAN, ASF2.0 Gigabit Ethernet; 802.11n wireless; Bluetooth 2.1 Gigabit Ethernet; 802.11n wireless; Bluetooth 2.1
Expansion 3-in-1 reader, 3 USB 2.0, VGA, Headphone/speaker out, mic Express Card slot & PC Card Slot; Ports: 3 USB, IEEE 1394a, VGA, Microphone/line-in, Headphone/line-out Ports front: two USB 2.0, microphone, headphone; Ports rear: six USB 2.0, serial, ethernet USB, FireWire 800, SD card slot USB, FireWire 800, SD card slot
Video Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 ATI Mobility Radeon 3740 with 256 MP memory ATI Radeon HD3470 256MB, Low Profile (VGA+DisplayPort) NVIDIA GeForce 9400M NVIDIA GeForce 9400M
Battery Life 6-Cell/54-WHr 6 cell Li Ion battery (up to 4.5 hours) N/A N/A 7 hour
Weight starts at 2.9lbs (3-cell battery) starts at 5.0lbs N/A N/A 4.5lbs
EPEAT* Rating EPEAT silver and Energy Star 5.0 EPEAT Silver and Energy Star 5.0 CPU: EPEAT Gold and Energy Star 5.0
Monitor: EPEAT Gold
EPEAT Gold and Energy Star 5.0 EPEAT Gold and Energy Star 5.0
*Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool