Our recommendations are based on the purchase of a NEW computer. Following are minimum recommendations which are grouped by laptop and desktop and the number of years that we expect the system to remain viable.
Laptop
Recommendations
| |
Low
End
(1-2
years useful life) |
Mid
Range
(2-3
years useful life) |
High
End
(3-4
years useful life) |
| Processor |
2.0
Core
2 Duo |
2.2
Core 2 Duo |
2.4
or higher Core 2 Duo |
| Ram |
1GB |
2GB |
2GB |
| HDD |
80GB |
120GB |
100GB
or higher |
| Media
Drive |
CD-RW/DVD |
CD-RW/DVD+-RW |
CD-RW/DVD+-RW |
| Video
Ram |
128MB
(intergrated
or Discrete) |
256MB
Discrete |
512MB
Discrete |
| Extras |
Wireless |
Wireless/Bluetooth/
Integrated
Webcam |
Wireless/Bluetooth/Express
Card Slot/Firewire/HDMI/
Integrated
Webcam |
Desktop
Recommendations
|
Low
End
(1-2
years of useful life) |
Mid
Range
(2-3
years of useful life) |
High
End
(3-4
years of useful life) |
| Processor |
Intel
Pentium Dual Core
or
AMD Equivalent |
Intel
Core 2 Duo or
AMD equivalent |
Intel
Core 2 Duo, Quad-Core,
or
AMD
equivalent |
| Ram |
1GB |
2GB |
4GB |
| HDD |
120GB |
250GB |
320GB
or hiher |
| Media
Drive(s) |
CD-RW/DVD |
CD-RW/DVD+-RW |
Dual
Layer DVD+-RW |
| Video
Ram |
128MB
Discrete |
256MB
Discrete |
512MB
Discrete or SLI 256MB
(dual monitor support) |
| I/O
Ports |
Multiple
USB/NIC |
Multiple
USB/NIC/Bluetooth |
Multiple
USB/
NIC/Firewire/Bluetooth |
