Current Specifications for Faculty and Academic Staff Replacement Computers (Winter 2007)

Windows

Supported Vendor: IBM/Lenovo

 
Desktop
Laptop
Processor
IntelCore Duo 2.13 GHz
Core Duo 2 Duo T2300 2 GHz
RAM (memory)
2 GB
1 GB
Hard Drive
160 GB
120 GB
Optical Drive
DVD Multi-burner
DVD Multi-burner
Display
17" LCD
14.1"
Networking - Wired
Gigabit Ethernet
Gigabit Ethernet
Networking - Wireless
No
802.11a/b/g
Bluetooth
No
Yes
Modem
No
Yes
Operating System
Windows XP Professional
Windows XP Professional
Vista Capabilities
Vista Available
Vista Available

Macintosh

Supported Vendor: Apple

 
Desktop
Laptop
Processor
Core 2 Duo 2.16 GHz
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.16 GHz
RAM (memory)
1 GB
1 GB
Hard Drive
250 GB
120 GB
Optical Drive
DVD SuperDrive
DVD Multi-burner
Display
20" LCD
13"
Networking - Wired
Gigabit Ethernet
Gigabit Ethernet
Networking - Wireless
Yes
802.11g
Bluetooth
Yes
Yes
Modem
No
No
Operating System
Mac OS X
Mac OS X

Vista Hardware Requirements at Union College

ITS has done extensive testing and analysis on the Enterprise version of Windows Vista, the operating system version that is licensed by our Microsoft Campus agreement. Based upon the analysis, the following minimum requirements are being recommended for installing Windows Vista Enterprise on college-owned academic computers.

 
Desktops
Laptops
Processor
Pentium 4 2.4 GHz
Pentium M 1.5 GHz
Memory (RAM)
1 GB
512 MB (1 GB preferred)
Video Memory
128 MB
64 MB
Hard Drive
40 GB
40 GB