The School of Engineering has developed a minimum standard
desktop and notebook specification for engineering students. The companies
listed below have agreed to support this standard and provide specially
discounted prices to Southern Methodist University engineering students,
faculty and staff. There is no affiliation between the School of Engineering
and the listed vendors. All of the featured systems are small business
class computers rather than home use machines. The business class computer
is the most stable and least expensive kind of system to own over a 3-5
year period of time.
The specifications listed below will be updated periodically. Each company
has made an effort to match their systems with these specifications.
These specifications are not required by the School of Engineering but
suggested minimum standards. There is a suggested minimum standard and
a suggested upgrade
listed for both desktop and laptop.
Please send email to help@engr.smu.edu if
you have additional questions about this program.
The specifications listed below will be updated periodically.
Minimum
Upgraded
Desktop Computer
Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor E6300 1.86 GHz
Bus: 1066 FSB (front side bus)
Memory: 2GB , 533 MHz
Video: 128 MB X1300 or equiv.
Hard Disk: 80 gig, 7200 rpm SATA or better
Additional Disk: DVD +/- Combo Drive
NIC: 10/100 (network interface card)
USB: 2.0 (version, universal serial bus)
IEEE 1394 integrated port (firewire)
Floppy Disk: Optional
Sound: Sound Blaster compatible
Keyboard: Yes
Mouse: Optical 2-5 button
Monitor: 17" Flat Panel LCD
Speakers: Optional
Case: Desktop or Mini-tower
Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor E6600 2.40 GHz
Bus: 1066 FSB (front side bus)
Memory: 3 GB, 800 MHz
Video: 256 MB X1300 ATI or eqiv.
Hard Disk: 160 gig, SATA 3.0 Gb/s
Additional Disk: 16x DVD +/- RW Drive
NIC: 10/100 (network interface card)
USB: 2.0 (version, universal serial bus)
IEEE 1394 integrated port (firewire)
Floppy Disk: Optional
Sound: Sound Blaster compatible
Keyboard: Yes
Mouse: Optical 2-5 button
Monitor: 20'' Wide Flat Panel LCD
Speakers: Optional
Case: Desktop or Mini-tower
Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7600 (2.33GHz)
Memory: 2 GB
Hard Disk: 160 GB SATA
Additional Disk: 8-16x DVD +/- RW
NIC: 10/100 (network interface card)
USB: 2.0 (version, universal serial bus)
Integrated 802.11 Wireless (wi-fi) adapter
Modem: Yes
Floppy Disk: Optional
Sound: Sound Blaster compatible
Mouse: Touchpad
Screen: 15" or larger widescreen TFT
PCMCIA
Bluetooth: optional
IEEE 1394 integrated port (firewire)
Tablet PC
Processor: Intel® Core™ Duo L2400 LV (1.67GHz)
Memory: 1 GB PC2-4200 DDR2 SDRAM 533 MHz
Video: 1024X768 XGA int., external
Hard Disk: 60 GB
Additional Disk: DVD/CDRW Combo
NIC: 10/100 LAN
Integrated 802.11 Wireless (wi-fi) adapter
USB: 2.0
Modem: optional
Floppy Disk: optional
Sound: Sound Blaster Compatible
Keyboard: built-in or external
Mouse: Pen based
Screen: 10.4" or larger
PCMCIA: one, type II or type III
Operating System: Windows XP Tablet
Processor: Intel® Core™ Duo L2400 LV (1.67GHz) or better
Memory: 2 GB PC2-4200 DDR2 SDRAM 667 MHz
Video: WVA- SXGA
Hard Disk: 120 GB
Additional Disk: DVD/CDRW Combo
NIC: 10/100 LAN
Integrated 802.11 Wireless (wi-fi) adapter
USB: 2.0
Modem: optional
Floppy Disk: optional
Sound: Sound Blaster Compatible
Keyboard: external
Mouse: Pen based
Screen: 12.1" or larger
PCMCIA: one, type II or type III
Operating System: Windows XP Tablet
Bluetooth enabled
Computer
Discounts
