HP Compaq 8510w Mobile Workstation
The laptop selected for the 2008 academic year is the HP Compaq 8510w. The specifications selected by Rose-Hulman are below:
| Processor | Intel Core 2 Duo T7800, 2.60 GHz |
| RAM | 4096 MB (667 MHz) DDR2 (2 DIMM) |
| Hard Drive | SATA 120 GB 7200 RPM |
| Optical Drive | DVD+/-RW SuperMulti Dual Layer Light Scribe Drive |
| Display | 15.4-inch TFT WUXGA WVA anti-glare wide-viewing angle display with 1920 x 1200 max resolution |
| Video Card | NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M graphics with up to 256MB dedicated memory (512 MB TurboCache) |
| Network Cards | 10/100/1000 Wired, Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN (supports 802.11 a/b/g and draft –n), Bluetooth 2.0+ |
| Internal Modem | Internal 56K V.92 |
| Battery | 8-Cell Lithium-Ion Battery |
| USB | Four USB 2.0 ports |
| Pointing Devices | Touchpad with scroll zone and point-stick |
| Firewire | 1 Firewire Port |
| Secure Digital | 1 Secure Digital Slot |
