CSL: Facilities: Desktop Computers

The C. S. Department provides each resident department member with a workstation. Currently the Lab provides commodity X86 PC's running the Ubuntu Linux distribution in a trusted configuration. Users requiring more flexibility may request to install Windows or another Linux distributions in an untrusted configuration.

The department follows a three to four year replacement cycle for computers, so any desktop workstation should be no more than four years old. The computers are all named according to a scheme, based on the year of purchase. New computers are put in place of the oldest computers in each room, and the assignment of computers to users within an office is left up to the agreement of the office members.

Please note that indidivudal desktop machines are not backed up. Please copy any important data to filesystems that are backed up.

Summer '11: Dell Optiplex 990 (Comic Book Characters)

Dell OptiPlex 990 Minitower
Processor: Intel Core i7 2600 Processor (3.40GHz, 8M)
Memory: DDR3 Non-ECC SDRAM, 1333MHz 2x4GB
Video Card: 1GB ATI RADEON HD 6460
Hard Disk: 250GB 3.5 SATA with 8MB DataBurst Cache
CD/DVD: 16X DVD+/-RW
Floppy: No Floppy Drive

Notes:

Supported OS: Linux. For more information, please see: Linux FAQ
User-maintained OSes available upon request.

Summer '10: Dell Optiplex 980 (Vegetables)

Dell OptiPlex 980 Minitower
Processor: Intel Core i7 Quad Core with VT (2.80GHz, 8M)
Memory: DDR3 Non-ECC SDRAM, 1333MHz 4x2GB
Video Card: 256MB ATI RADEON HD 3450
Hard Disk: 250GB 7,200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s with NCQ and 8MB Cache
CD/DVD: 16X DVD+/-RW
Floppy: No Floppy Drive

Notes:

Supported OS: Linux. For more information, please see: Linux FAQ
User-maintained OSes available upon request.

Summer '09: Dell Optiplex 960 (Dogs)

Dell OptiPlex 960 Minitower
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500/3.16GHz,6M,1333FSB
Memory: 8GB Non-ECC 800MHz DDR2 4x2GB
Video Card: 512MB ATI RADEON HD4670
Hard Disk: 80GB SATA 3.0Gb/s and 8MB DataBurst Cache
CD/DVD: 16X DVD+/-RW
Floppy: No Floppy Drive

Notes:

Supported OS: Linux. For more information, please see: Linux FAQ
User-maintained OSes available upon request.

Summer '08: Dell Optiplex 755 (Hats)

Dell OptiPlex 755 Minitower
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500/3.16GHz and 1333FSB
Memory: 4.0GB Non-ECC 667MHz DDR2 2x2GB
Video Card: 256MB ATI RADEON HD 2400 XT Graphics dual DVI or VGA (TV-out)
Hard Disk: 160GB High Reliability SATA 3.0Gb/s and 8MB Data Burst Cache
CD/DVD: 16X DVD+/-RW
Floppy: No Floppy Drive

Notes:

Supported OS: Linux. For more information, please see: Linux FAQ
User-maintained OSes available upon request.
No PS/2 ports, USB only

Spring '07: Dell Optiplex 745 (World Capitals)

Dell OptiPlex 745 Minitower
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600(2.40GHz) and 1066FSB
Memory: 2.0GB Non-ECC 667MHz DDR 2x1GB
Video Card: 256MB PCIe ATI Radeon X1300 Pro
Hard Disk: 160GB SATA 3.0Gb/s and 8MB Data Burst Cache
CD/DVD: 16X DVD+/-RW and 48X CD-ROM
Floppy: No Floppy Drive

Notes:

Supported OS: Linux. For more information, please see: Linux FAQ
User-maintained OSes available upon request.
No PS/2 ports, USB only

Summer '05: Dell Dimension 8400s (Flowers)

Dell Dimension 8400
Processor: Intel P4 660 (3.6GHz) w/HT Tech and 2MB cache
Memory: 1024MB DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz
Video Card: 128MB PCI Express x16 (DVI/VGA/TV-out) ATI Radeon X300 SE
Hard Disk: 160GB NCQ Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
CD/DVD: 48x CD-RW and 16X DVD+/-RW
Floppy: 3.5in Floppy Drive
NIC: Intel Pro 1000 Integrated PCI NIC Card

Notes:

This completes the 2-year department transition to Intel-based desktops
Supported OS: Linux. For more information, please see: Linux FAQ
User-maintained OSes available upon request.

Summer '04: Dell Dimension 8300s (Painters)

Dell Dimension 8300 Series
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 Processor at 3.0GHz with HT Technology (221-2458)
Memory: 1024MB DDR SDRAM at 400MHz (311-3002)
Video Card: 128MB DDR NVidia GeForce FX 5200 graphics card (320-3751)
Hard Drive: 40GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive (341-0833)
Floppy Disk Drive: 3.5in Floppy Drive (340-8628)
NIC: Intel Pro 100M Integrated PCI NIC Card (430-0412)
CD/DVD: 48X Max Variable CD-ROM Drive (313-2561)
CD/DVD: 8X DVD+R/RW CD-RW Combination Drive (313-2223)
Sound Card: Integrated Audio (313-2758)

Notes:

Supported OS: Linux. For more information, please see: Linux FAQ
User-maintained OSes available upon request.

Summer '03: Sun Blade 150s (World Currencies)

Sun Blade 150 Workstation
Processor: 650-MHz UltraSPARC-IIi 512-KB On-chip L2 Cache
Memory: 256-Mbyte SDRAM
Video Card: iPGX64 Onboard Graphics
Hard Disk: 40-Gbyte Internal Disk
CD-ROM
SmartCard, 1.44-MB Floppy

Notes:

Supported OS: Solaris

Summer '02: Sun Blade 100s (NC Rivers)

Sun Blade 100 Workstation
Processor: 500-MHz UltraSPARC-IIe 256-KB L2 Cache
Memory: 512-Mbyte SDRAM
Hard Disk: 20-Gbyte Internal Disk
Video Card: Expert3D-Lite Graphics
CD/DVD: DVD-ROM
Floppy: 1.44-MB Floppy
SmartCard

Notes:

Supported OS: Solaris

Summer '01: Sun Ultra 10s (Cheeses)

Sun Ultra 10 Workstation
Processor: 440MHz, Creator3D graphics card
Memory: 256MB RAM
Hard Disk: 20 GB HDD
CD/DVD: CD-ROM
Floppy: 1.44MB floppy

Notes:

Supported OS: Solaris