Newly acquired hardware should meet these standards.
The preferred software baseline will effectively on all of these hardware baseline configurations.
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Desktop |
Laptop |
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Component |
Minimum |
Preferred |
Minimum |
Preferred |
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RAM |
512MB |
512MB |
512MB |
512MB |
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CPU speed |
2.0GHz |
2.5GHz |
1.7GHz |
2.0GHz |
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Hard drive |
40GB/7200rpm |
80GB/7200rpm |
30GB |
60BG |
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Floppy drive |
3.5” |
3.5” |
3.5” |
3.5” |
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CD/DVD drive |
CDRW/DVD |
CDRW/DVD |
CDRW/DVD |
CDRW/DVD |
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Sound Card |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Keyboard |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes* |
Yes* |
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Mouse |
Optical/scroll |
Optical/scroll |
Yes* |
Yes* |
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Monitor |
17” CRT |
17” LCD |
14”* |
15”* |
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Ethernet |
10/100 |
10/100 |
10/100 |
10/100 |
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Other ports |
USB 2.0, serial, parallel |
USB 2.0, serial, parallel |
USB, parallel, external VGA |
USB, parallel, external VGA |
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Modem |
No |
no |
56K |
56K |
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Video memory |
64MB |
128MB |
32MB |
64MB |
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Warranty |
3 year |
3 year |
3 year |
3 year |
*Monitor, keyboard, and mouse are integrated into laptops. If a laptop is to be used as a desktop replacement, the user should consider purchasing a port replicator or docking station, as well as a conventional monitor, keyboard and mouse. Selection of conventional monitor, keyboard and mouse should follow the Desktop recommendations.
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Tablet |
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Component |
Minimum |
Preferred |
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RAM |
256MB |
512MB |
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CPU speed |
800MHz |
1.33GHz |
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Hard drive |
30GB |
60GB |
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Floppy drive |
Na |
Na |
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CD/DVD drive |
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Sound Card |
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Keyboard |
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Mouse |
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Monitor |
12.1” |
12.1” |
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Ethernet |
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Other ports |
USB 2.0 |
USB 2.0 |
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Modem |
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Video memory |
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Warranty |
3 year |
3 year |
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