IAM Recommended Computers

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[edit] General Software Info

Most of the software that we use in the IAM department is cross platform so the whole Mac PC thing really doesn't matter. Of course there are exceptions.

Platform Specific software

Apple

  • Final Cut Pro
  • DVD Studio Pro

PC

  • Sound Forge (IAM Major Sound for Interaction MTD2)
  • Acid(IAM Major Sound for Interaction)
  • XNA (Game Design Major)
  • TorqueX (Game Design Major)
  • Visual Studio 2005/2008 (IAM Major/Game Design Major Intro to Programming)
  • MS MSQL Managment Studio (IAM Major Data Design)

Plan on installing boot camp (parallels or other visualization software usually cannot handle the 3D apps) if you get an Apple and you should be all set.

[edit] Software

You can see a list of all the software currently installed in the labs on the IAM Computer Labs page.

All IAM and Game Design majors will receive Adobe Creative Suite Design upon enrollment in the foundation course Digital Image Design.

Students and Faculty get hardware discounts from Apple and Dell.

Students and Faculty also receive discounts on software. http://www.colum.edu/Discounts/index.php

Additional Adobe software is available at discounted rates: JourneyEd

The IAM department is a member of Microsoft's MSDN Academic Alliance program so students and faculty can get free Microsoft products. See the MSDNAA Page for more details.

Columbia Student discounts

[edit] IAM Major

[edit] Apple Laptop

Apple MacBook

  • 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
  • 1440 x 900 resolution
  • 2GB memory
  • 160GB hard drive
  • 8x double-layer SuperDrive

[edit] PC Laptop

Dell Inspiron 1420

  • Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7500 (2.2GHz/800Mhz FSB/4MB cache)
  • High Resolution, glossy widescreen 14.1 inch display (1440x900)
  • Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 If you don't care about playing games
    OR
    128MB NVIDIA® GeForce® Go 8400M GS if you do
  • 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz
  • 160GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)

[edit] Apple Desktop

iMac

  • 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
  • ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT with 128MB memory
  • 2GB 800 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x1GB
  • 250GB Serial ATA drive
  • SuperDrive 8X (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
  • Keyboard & Mighty Mouse + Mac OS X - U.S. English
  • ATI Radeon HD2400 XT 128MB SDRAM
  • 20-inch widescreen LCD
  • AirPort Extreme
  • Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR

[edit] PC Desktop

Dell XPS 420

  • Intel® Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz processor (8MB L2 cache 1066FSB)
  • Radeon ATI HD 2600 XT 256MB
  • 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz - 4 DIMMs
  • 320GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive (7200RPM)

[edit] Game Design Major

[edit] Apple Laptop

MacBook Pro

  • 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
  • 4GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x2GB
  • 160GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200 rpm
  • Double-layer SuperDrive
  • MacBook Pro 15-inch Widescreen Display
  • NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 256 MB

[edit] PC Laptop

Dell XPS M1730

  • Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T8300 (2.4GHz, 3MB Cache, 800 MHz FSB)
  • 17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife™
  • 4GB DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHZ
  • 160GB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM)
  • CD Burner/DVD (DVD+/-RW Drive)
  • NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT graphics

[edit] Apple Desktop

  • One 2.8GHz Quad Core Intel Xeon
  • 4GB (4 x 1GB)
  • 320GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
  • NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB (Two dual-link DVI)
  • One 16x SuperDrive
  • Apple Keyboard and Mighty Mouse - U.S. English

[edit] PC Desktop

Dell XPS 720

  • Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q9450(12MB L2 Cache,2.66GHz,1333FSB)
  • 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz - 4 DIMMs
  • 750GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
  • Single Drive: 16X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability
  • 19 inch SE198WFP Widescreen Flat Panel Monitor
  • nVidia GeForce 8800 GT 512MB
  • Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ XtremeGamer (D) Sound Card


[edit] Game Design Major Animation

Game Animation is graphics intensive so it helps to get a computer with powerful graphics card.

We recommend a Desktop with either an ATI FireGL™ 3D and FireMV™ or NVidia Quadro video card. These cards are crazy-expensive, but essential if you plan on being a professional animator.


[edit] PC Laptop

ThinkPad T61p Mobile Workstation

  • Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 (2.5GHz 800MHz 6MB L2)
  • 15.4 WUXGA TFT
  • NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M (256MB)
  • 4 GB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz SODIMM Memory (2 DIMM) *Hard Drive: 200GB Hard Disk Drive, 7200rpm
  • DVD Recordable 8x Max Dual Layer, Ultrabay Slim

[edit] Dell Percision T7400

  • Quad Core Intel® Xeon® Processor E5430 (2.66GHz,2X6M L2,1333)
  • 768MB PCIe x16 nVidia Quadro FX 4600, Dual Monitor DVI Capable
  • 4GB, DDR2 SDRAM FBD Memory, 800MHz, ECC (4 DIMMS)
  • 16X DVD+/-RW w/ Cyberlink PowerDVD™ and Roxio Creator™ Dell Ed
  • C1 All SATA drives, Non-RAID, 1 or 2 drive total configuration
  • 500GB SATA 3.0Gb/s,7200 RPM Hard Drive with 16MB DataBurst Cache™

[edit] Mac Desktop

  • One 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon (quad-core)
  • 4GB (4 x 1GB)800MHz DDR2 memory
  • 500GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
  • NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 1.5GB (Stereo 3D, two dual-link DVI)
  • One 16x SuperDrive
  • Apple Keyboard and Mighty Mouse - U.S. English
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