<p><a href="http://www.dean.usma.edu/ietd/hallfame/2011.cfm%5B/url%5D">http://www.dean.usma.edu/ietd/hallfame/2011.cfm</a></p>
<p>The Dell Precision M65 mobile workstation provides an optimal balance of performance, mobility and value for professionals in the fields of engineering design, analysis, and video editing through dual core processors and impressive workstation-class OpenGL graphics in a sleek, 6.2 lbs* starting weight form factor.</p>
<p>Processor: Intel® Core 2 Duo processors (dual-core)
Clock Speed: 2.16 GHz
Main Memory: 4GB, 667MHz,DDR2 SDRAM
Disk: 100GB IDE Hard Drive 7200rpm spin rate
Video: NVIDIA® Quadro® FX 350M 512MB TurboCache* OpenGL PCI Express GPU
DVD-ROM/CD-RW: 8X DVD+/-RW
Monitor: 15.4 inch WUXGA display
Ports:</p>
<pre><code>* Dell Wireless 1490 WLAN (802.11a/g) mini PCI Card, Dell Wireless 350 Bluetooth
* D-Port Replicator, 1394 Adapter- Firewire, Modular Floppy Drive
</code></pre>
<p>Battery: 9-Cell Primary Battery, 6-Cell Secondary
Peripherals: Backpack, Seagate External Hard Drive, Targus Noise Cancelling Headphones, Surge Supressor, 25ft. Ethernet Cable, Cable Lock, CDR Media (10pk- Jewel Case), DVD+R Media (10pk Jewel Case)
Operating System: Windows XP Pro SP2
Service Contract: 4Yr. Warranty w/ CompleteCare Accidental Damage Service
Vendor: Dell</p>
<p>Why are the computers so powerful? They are better then mine which is custom built for gaming. </p>
<p>2+ Ghz...
4g memory!!!
512 Vid card?! </p>
<p>Atleast they aren't getting vista :D</p>
<p>Wow. This thing will be the coolest gizmo I've ever had my hands on. 4 gigs or RAM? lol thats unreal. </p>
<p>"At least they aren't getting Vista"</p>
<p>Yeah, tell me about it. I like things that are somewhat perhaps maybe semi-stable, even moreso when my HOMEWORK is on it :P</p>
<p>4 gigs is a ridiculous amount of memory for a cadet laptop, though I wouldn't be complaining if I were getting one!</p>
<p>lol I just built that same setup on dell.com for ~$3400. At least we know what our fat check is buying :P</p>
<p>thank god it's not vista...</p>
<p>i personally woulda preferred a 7900 gtx, but i'm not complaining.</p>
<p><em>speechless</em></p>
<p>Just saw the specs. . . WOW! I also heard a rumor that they come with PDA's? Let me say one thing, they make up for all the hell we're gonna go through pretty nicely! That system is built for hardcore gaming and professional video and photo work, not just word processing!</p>
<p>LOL compare that to the Class of 2001's system:</p>
<p>Processor: Pentium II (formerly code-named Klamath)
Clock Speed: 233MHz
Main Memory: 64 Megabytes
Disk: 2.1 Gigabyte Quantum Fireball + 1.44 Megabyte floppy
Video: 4 Megabyte SVGA (800x600 with 16 million colors)
Television: Cable ready.
CDROM: 12X
Monitor: 15" TeleVideo SV100 SuperView Series
Network: 10/100 Megabit per second autosense
Case configuration: Minitower
Warranty: 4 year, 5 day/week 0900-1800 on-site
Operating System: Windows NT Workstation Version 4.0 (Service Pack 3)
Vendor: Applie12:05 PM 10/9/97d Computer Technology
Contract price: $2025</p>
<p>We've come quite a long way in ten years!</p>
<p>hot damn! a 233 mhz processor??? that makes my 486 look slow!</p>
<p>Doubt they even used the comps back then. <em>sigh</em>
A lot of wasted dollars =/</p>
<p>Go to the link above and you can see the first computers issued. About as powerful as my TI-83 calculator.</p>
<p>I was just wondering- the computers are ours to keep right? When we go home on leave or on vacation or what not, can we take the issued computer with us or do they have to stay on campus?</p>
<p>I also read somewhere that they do an "inspection" on your computer too, to make sure its defraged and has been virus/spyware scanned. Is this true?</p>
<p>Oh and get this:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2075080,00.asp%5B/url%5D">http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2075080,00.asp</a></p>
<p>Issued cell phones!? Wow. Just wow.</p>