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Student Computer Purchase

The OIT is currently recommending a variety of laptop options to suit your educational needs here at Montclair State University.  We are pleased to present two hardware vendors, each with three laptop model options, at a discounted student price. All models are equipped with a minimum of 1GB RAM and 80GB Hard Drive and come standard with a 3-year warranty.  NOTE:  All purchases are subject to NJ sales tax.

The Office of Information Technology is unable to provide hardware support to non-MSU equipment due to various vendor warranties. Please contact your hardware vendor for further information and assistance on hardware support. We do recommend that regardless of the vendor or model you choose, you should always purchase the 3-year warranty on the computer.

For School of Business Students Only:

School of Business student are required to follow minimum requirements set forth by the SBUS found here.

For additional information regarding personal purchases please go to the Dell/SBUS site.

 

APPLE LAPTOPS

  BASIC INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED
Vendor Apple Apple Apple
Purchase Price $1,338 $1,838.00 $2,338.00
Website to Purchase University Bookstore University Bookstore University Bookstore
HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS Macbook Pro Macbook Pro Macbook Pro
Processor 2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory 2GB 4GB 4GB
Hard Drive 160GB 250GB 500GB
Graphics Controller NVIDIA GeForce 9400M NVIDIA GeForce 9400M NVIDIA GeForce 9400M + 9600M GT with 512MB
Display 13 inches 15 inches 15 inches
Warranty AppleCare Protection Plan - 3 Year AppleCare Protection Plan - 3 Year AppleCare Protection Plan - 3 Year
Media Slots SD card slot SD card slot SD card slot
Battery Built-in 7 hour battery Built-in 7 hour battery Built-in 7 hour battery

 

DELL LAPTOPS

  BASIC INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED
Vendor Dell Dell Dell
Purchase Price $844.83 $1,111.63 $1,823.36
Website to Purchase http://www.dell.com/montclairstate http://www.dell.com/montclairstate http://www.dell.com/montclairstate
HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS Latitude E5500 Latitude E5400 Latitude E6400
Processor 2.00GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7250
800MHz frontside bus
2MB shared L2 cache		 2.00GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7250
800MHz frontside bus
2MB shared L2 cache		 2.26GHz Intel Centrino Core 2 Duo P8400
1066MHz frontside bus
3MB shared L2 cache dual core
Memory 1GB of 800MHz DDR2 SDRAM, 1 DIMM 2GB of 800MHz DDR2 SDRAM, 2 DIMM 4GB of 800MHz DDR2 SDRAM, 2 DIMM
Hard Drive 80GB Harddrive 9.5MM @ 5400 rpm 160GB Harddrive 9.5MM @ 5400 rpm 250GB Harddrive 9.5MM @ 7200 rpm FFS
Optical Storage 24x CDRW/DVD with Cyberlink Power DVD 8.2 8x DVD+/-RW with Cyberlink Power DVD 8.2 and Roxio Creator Dell Edition 9.0 8x DVD+/-RW with Cyberlink Power DVD 8.2 and Roxio Creator Dell Edition 9.0
Display 15.4-inch wide screen WXGA LCD 14.1-inch wide screen WXGA LCD 14.1-inch wide screen WXGA LED Antiglare Screen, 1280x800
Graphics Controller Intel Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD Intel Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M, 256MB with Express Card
Wireless NIC Dell WLAN 1397 (802.11b/g) 1/2 MiniCard Dell WLAN 1397 (802.11b/g) 1/2 MiniCard Intel WiFi Link 5100 (802.11 a/g/n 1X2) 1/2 MiniCard
Battery 6-Cell/54WHr Battery 6-Cell/54WHr Battery 6-Cell/54WHr Battery
Operating System Vista Home Basic Service Pack 1 Vista Home Basic Service Pack 1 Vista Home Basic Service Pack 1
Warranty Dell Hardware Limited Warranty Plus Onsite Service Initial Year, Basic Support: Next Business Day Parts and Labor Onsite Response Initial Year, Dell Hardware Limited Warranty Plus Onsite Service Extended Year(s), Basic Support: Next Business Day Parts and Labor Onsite Response 2 Year Extended Dell Hardware Limited Warranty Plus Onsite Service Initial Year, Basic Support: Next Business Day Parts and Labor Onsite Response Initial Year, Dell Hardware Limited Warranty Plus Onsite Service Extended Year(s), Basic Support: Next Business Day Parts and Labor Onsite Response 2 Year Extended Dell Hardware Limited Warranty Plus Onsite Service Initial Year, Basic Support: Next Business Day Parts and Labor Onsite Response Initial Year, Dell Hardware Limited Warranty Plus Onsite Service Extended Year(s), Basic Support: Next Business Day Parts and Labor Onsite Response 3 Year Extended, CompleteCare Accidental Damage Protection, 4 Year, CompleteCare Info