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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

 

 

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