Supported Hardware

For list of new Dell and Apple hardware click here. [MSU NetID login required] (Updated: January 2008)



IBM (updated 10-30-06)



	Desktop	Laptop	Tablet
Product Description	IBM ThinkCentre M52 8143 - P4 540 3.2 GHz	Lenovo ThinkPad T60 1951 - Core Duo T2400 1.83 GHz - 14.1" TFT	Lenovo ThinkPad X41 Tablet 1866 -  12.1" TFT
Dimensions (WxDxH)	6.9 in x 17.7 in x 19.4 in	12.2 in x 10 in x 1.2 in	10.8 in x 10.5 in x 1.3 in
Weight	23.1 lbs	5.5 lbs	4lbs
Processor	Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz	Intel Core Duo T2400 / 1.83 GHz ( Dual-Core )	Pentium M778 1.6 GHz
Cache Memory	1 MB L2 cache	2 MB L2 cache	2MB - L2 Cache
Cache Per Processor	1 MB
RAM	1GB (installed) / 4 GB (max) - DDR SDRAM - 400 MHz - PC3150	1 GB (installed) / 3 GB (max) - DDR II SDRAM - 667 MHz - PC2-5300	1GIG (installed)/ 1.5 GB (max) - DDR II SDRAM- 400 MHz- PC2-4150
Storage Controller	Serial ATA (Serial ATA-150)	Serial ATA-150
Floppy Drive	3.5" 1.44 MB floppy	N/A
Hard Drive	80 GB - standard - Serial ATA-150	60 GB - Serial ATA-150 - 5400 rpm	60 GB- 4150 rpm
Optical Storage	CD-RW / DVD-ROM combo	CD-RW / DVD-ROM combo - plug-in module
Display	17" IBM Thinkvision L170P Flat Panel	14.1" TFT active matrix 1024 x 768 ( XGA ) - 24-bit (16.7 million colors)	12.1" TFT active matix XGA (1024 x 768) - 24-bit (16.7 million colors)
Graphics Controller	Intel GMA 900	Intel GMA 950	Intel GMA 900
Audio Output	Sound card	Sound card	Sound card
Hardware Support Service	3 Year Warranty NBD response on site	3 Years Depot Warranty	3 years warranty
Speakers	Built-in Devices
Networking	Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet	Network adapter - Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11g	Network adapter - Ethernet, Fast Ehternet, Gigabit Ethernet, Bluetooth, IEEE 802.1EEE 802 11a, IEEE 802. 11g
Mouse	Optical Wheeled Mouse, USB 400dpi	N/A
Keyboard	104 Key Preferred Full Size PS/2	Keyboard, TrackPoint, UltraNav
Battery	N/A	Lithium Ion Battery



Apple (updated 10-30-06)



	Desktop	Laptop
Product Description	2GHz Dual-core PowerPC G5	MacBook 2.0GHz Intel Core Duo - White
Dimensions (WxDxH)	8.1 in X 18.7 in X 20.1 in
Weight	39.2 lbs
Processor	Dual 2GHz PowerPC G5	2.0GHz Intel Core Duo
Cache Memory	512 KB L2 cache
Cache Per Processor	512K per processor
RAM	512MB DDR400 SDRAM (PC3200) - 2x256	1GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM
Floppy Drive	None
Hard Drive	160GB Serial ATA - 7200rpm	60GB Serial ATA drive
Optical Storage	16x SuperDrive double-layer (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)	SuperDrive (DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Graphics Controller	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE 128MB SDRAM
Monitor	*Apple has recently discontinued our recommended hardware build. We can only recommend 17" IBM Thinkvision L170P flat-panel displays for use with Apple desktops. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Hardware Support Service	AppleCare Protection Plan - APP for Power Mac with Display - Auto Enroll	AppleCare Protection Plan for MacBook/iBook
Networking	Gigabit Ethernet port
Mouse	Apple Mouse
Keyboard	Apple Keyboard	Keyboard/Mac OS - U.S. English
Battery	NA

Supported Software

Standard PC Image - Windows XP SP2 Windows XP Professional SP2 Windows Media Player 11 Microsoft Windows Journal Viewer Macromedia Flash Player 9 Macromedia Shockwave Player 8.5.1 Java 2 Standard Edition 1.4.2 with NetBeans IDE 3.5.1 Java 2 Runtime Plugin 1.4.2 01 Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0.1 Winzip 8.1 WS_FTP 4.50 Quicktime 6.3 Mozilla Firefox 2.0 Mozilla Thunderbird Novell Client Microsoft Office 2003 Microsoft Office Media Content Intervideo WinDVD 4 IBM DLA 3.60 (DirectCD) IBM RecordNow 5.1 Real Player 8 SSH Secure Sell 3.2.9 Sophos Antivirus v.6.5.3

Standard Macintosh Image - OS 10.4.9 Mac OS X (10.4.9) Aladdin Stuffit Expander 8.0 iCal 1.5.1 iDVD 3 iMovie 3.03 iPhoto 2 iPod 1.3 iSync 1.2.1 iTunes 4.1 Apple Mail 1.3 iChat 2.1 Microsoft Office X SR1 Mozilla Thunderbird Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6 QuickTime Player 7.0 Safari 1.0 v 85.5 Sophos Anti-Virus Windows Media Player 9