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Revision as of 22:33, 18 July 2007

Software

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

Students and Faculty get harware discounts from [Apple] and [Dell].

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

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.

IAM Major

Apple Laptop

MacBook Pro 15 inch

  • 2.5GHz quad-core Intel Core i7
  • 16GB 1600MHz memory
  • 512GB PCIe-based flash storage
  • AMD Radeon R9 M370X with 2GB GDDR5 memory
  • 15-inch Retina display

PC Laptop

Dell Inspiron 15 inch

  • 2nd Generation Intel Core i5-2410M processor 2.30 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 2.90 GHz
  • 15.6" High Definition (720p) LED
  • NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 525M 1GB graphics with Optimus
  • 4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 Memory
  • Up to 750GB SATA hard drive (7200RPM)

Apple Desktop

iMac

  • 4.0GHz quad-core Intel Core i7
  • AMD Radeon R9 M390 with 2GB video memory
  • 16GB (two 8GB) memory
  • 1TB Flash Storage
  • 27-inch with Retina 5k

Mac Pro Quad-Core

  • One 3.7GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5 processor
  • 12GB 1866MHz DDR3 ECC memory
  • 1TB PCIe-based flash storage
  • Dual AMD FirePro D500 with 3GB GDDR5 VRAM each

PC Desktop

Dell Studio XPS 7100 Quad Core

  • AMD Phenom™ II X6 1055T processor
  • ATI Radeon HD 5670 1GB graphics card
  • 6GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM
  • 1TB - 7200RPM, SATA hard drive

Game Design Major

Apple Laptop

MacBook Pro 15 inch

  • 2.5GHz quad-core Intel Core i7
  • 16GB 1600MHz memory
  • 512GB PCIe-based flash storage
  • AMD Radeon R9 M370X with 2GB GDDR5 memory
  • 15-inch Retina display

PC Laptop

Dell Inspiron 15 inch

  • 2nd Generation Intel Core i5-2410M processor 2.30 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 2.90 GHz
  • 15.6" High Definition (720p) LED
  • NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 525M 1GB graphics with Optimus
  • 4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 Memory
  • Up to 750GB SATA hard drive (7200RPM)

Apple Desktop

iMac

  • 4.0GHz quad-core Intel Core i7
  • AMD Radeon R9 M390 with 2GB video memory
  • 16GB (two 8GB) memory
  • 1TB Flash Storage
  • 27-inch with Retina 5k

Mac Pro Quad-Core

  • One 3.7GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5 processor
  • 12GB 1866MHz DDR3 ECC memory
  • 1TB PCIe-based flash storage
  • Dual AMD FirePro D500 with 3GB GDDR5 VRAM each

PC Desktop

Dell Studio XPS 7100 Quad Core

  • AMD Phenom™ II X6 1055T processor
  • ATI Radeon HD 5670 1GB graphics card
  • 6GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM
  • 1TB - 7200RPM, SATA hard drive


Game Design Major Animation

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

We recomend a Desktop with either an ATI FireGL™ 3D and FireMV™ or NVidia Quadro video card.


PC Laptop

ThinkPad W520 Mobile Workstation 15 inch

  • Intel Core i7-2620M Processor
  • NVIDIA Quadro 1000M Graphics with 2GB DDR3 Memory
  • 4 GB PC3-10600 DDR3 SDRAM 1333MHz SODIMM Memory (2 DIMM)
  • 320 GB Hard Disk Drive, 7200rpm
  • 15.6" (1366 x 768)

Dell Precision T5500 64bit Dual Processor

  • Dual Quad Core Intel Xeon Processors 2.13GHz (64bit)
  • 6GB, DDR3 RDIMM Memory
  • 1TB SATA 3.0Gb/s,7200 RPM Hard Drive
  • 2.5GB NVIDIA Quadro 5000