Computers
Last revision January 9, 2012
Dual-boot, Mac OS X 10.6 or Windows 7:
Beck, Jode, Mauro, and Mercator - Apple 24 inch iMac
- 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor
- 4 GB RAM
- 24 inch (diagonal) monitor, 1920 by 1200 pixels
- ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro graphics processor with 256 MB video memory
- 320 GB Serial ATA hard drive
- CD and DVD (dual layer) reader/burner
- USBv2 and Firewire ports on back
- Built-in webcam (use iChat under Mac OS X)
Windows 7 only:
Amerigo - Dell Optiplex 755
- 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor
- 8 GB RAM
- 24 inch (diagonal) monitor, 1920 by 1200 pixels
- ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro graphics processor with 256 MB video memory
- 320 GB Serial ATA hard drive
- CD and DVD reader/burner
- 19 in 1 media card reader for digital camera cards (card slots show as Removable Disk drives E: to J:)
- USBv2 ports
Mac OS X 10.5 only:
Saxton - Apple PowerMac G5
- Two dual-core 2.5 GHz PowerPC G5 processors
- 8 GB RAM
- Dual 23 inch (diagonal) monitors, 1920 by 1200 pixels each
- NVIDIA GeForce 6600 graphics processor with 256 MB video memory
- 500 GB Serial ATA hard drive
- CD and DVD (dual layer) reader/burner
- USBv2 and Firewire ports on front of tower and backside of right monitor
Windows XP only:
Choffmann - Dell Optiplex
- Used to control Contex map scanner only!
- No application software at all
See the lab FAQ for more information on using the computers. See the Supported Software list for the applications currently installed under each operating system.
