DMU Laptops

[CanAmPremed]

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Check out these specs

http://www.dmu.edu/shared/content/connectedlearning/ConnectedLearningBrochure.pdf

Absolutely ridiculous. I know its just a laptop and the school is great, but if they're going to give us a laptop it might as well be a current one. I mean for students starting in 2003 this laptop would be low tier. I just hope I can opt out and get myself an intel macbook 😎 instead. Next we'll find out the PDA they give us is a Palm M100 😛

DMU Connected Learning Initiative
GATEWAY® 450 E
Technical Specifications for the DMU Student Laptop Processor
Intel® Pentium® M processor 1.3GHz
Processor
256DDR SDRAM
Storage
40 GB 4200 Ultra ATA hard drive
Media Drives
Modular 24x/10x/24x CDRW and 8x DVD combo
Graphics & Monitor
15" XGA TFT Active Matrix
ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 w/ 32MB DDR video memory
Audio & Speakers
Integrated sound and stereo speakers
Headphone/speaker jack, line-in, and mic jacks
Power
High-capacity lithium ion battery with AC pack
Operating System
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home
Chipset
Intel® 855PM chipset
Phoenix NoteBIOS® 6.0
Memory Slots
User Accessible Memory
Two 200 pin SO-DIMM sockets on motherboard
OMB on board memory
Modem
Integrated V.92 56K Modem
Networking
Integrated Cisco MiniPCI
Intergrated 802.11b wireless networking card featuring Cisco enhanced
wireless security
Keyboard & Mouse
Full-Sized keyboard and EZ PAD
Pointing Device 3200 Grand Avenue
Des Moines, Iowa 50312-4198
515.217.1400
www.dmu.edu

 

[Boner]

For 2003, that's not bad at all. My powerbook G4 has a 40GB and I haven't even come close to using all of it. The only time I ever came close to using all of my HD space on a computer was back in college when I downloaded music. The combo drive was standard 3 years ago too, as was 256MB SDRAM.
For Fall 2006 the DMU kids got the Gateway convertible tablet PCs w/:
1.66GHz
512MB SDRAM
60GB 5400rpm HD
7-in-1 media card
8x DVD, 24x CD
USB 2.0, FireWire, VGA
Wireless
etc...

not bad at all. I'd be happy with it for class, but I'm still going to use my powerbook as my primary computer outside of school.

This year they also got Dell x51 handhelds:
Windows Mobile
520MHz Intel XScaleTM PXA270 processor
3.5" TFT display
integrated 802.11b and Bluetooth
64MB SDRAM and 128MB flash ROM

again, not bad.

 

[CanAmPremed]

Wow, nice. They should really update their site then.

Btw, props to using a PB instead of your PC laptop outside of school. OS X is simply the BEST OS in existance. I wish med schools would just use it, way more stable and secure.

For 2003, that's not bad at all. My powerbook G4 has a 40GB and I haven't even come close to using all of it. The only time I ever came close to using all of my HD space on a computer was back in college when I downloaded music. The combo drive was standard 3 years ago too, as was 256MB SDRAM.
For Fall 2006 the DMU kids got the Gateway convertible tablet PCs w/:
1.66GHz
512MB SDRAM
60GB 5400rpm HD
7-in-1 media card
8x DVD, 24x CD
USB 2.0, FireWire, VGA
Wireless
etc...

not bad at all. I'd be happy with it for class, but I'm still going to use my powerbook as my primary computer outside of school.

This year they also got Dell x51 handhelds:
Windows Mobile
520MHz Intel XScaleTM PXA270 processor
3.5" TFT display
integrated 802.11b and Bluetooth
64MB SDRAM and 128MB flash ROM

again, not bad.

 

[Boner]

Wow, nice. They should really update their site then.

Btw, props to using a PB instead of your PC laptop outside of school. OS X is simply the BEST OS in existance. I wish med schools would just use it, way more stable and secure.

I wish they would update their website too. During the interview, all of the students hanging out had their tablets out. They really are pretty nice for note taking.
I love my 12" Powerbook 😍
If you want an Apple-lovin school, try UNECOM. No computer spec requirments, $2000 computer budget, ~40% of students use Apples, and they have Apple workstations all throughout the school.

 

[jbone]

I love my laptop. Using it as we speak. Yes, they do need to update the website. These babies are brand new!! 👍