Students opting to purchase another brand of laptop can use these specifications to ensure their laptop meets the standard requirements specified by the University.

These specifications were determined by a campus-wide committee to ensure the student laptops have the computing power and physical durability to serve the students well for their course work and mobile campus life around campus.

Intel Pentium M processor 1.7+ GHz
1 GB SDRAM (single module)
40 GB internal hard drive
CD-RW/DVD combo
64 MB dedicated video RAM
Integrated Ethernet connection
Integrated Wireless (a/b/g) connection
Windows XP Professional (Service Pack 2)

Note: Non-Lenovo ThinkPad laptops will have limited on-campus technical support and will be a chargeable item. Visit our Computer Support Center Web site at http://www.indstate.edu/oit/us/csc.htm for additional details.