Recommended Equipment
It is strongly recommended that each student purchase some additional computer related equipment for security, storage, file transfer, and interfacing requirements. If ordering equipment online, please allow 2 to 3 weeks for delivery.
The Media Arts faculty recommend the following:
An External Hard Drive
Western Digital
My Book™ Pro Edition™
500 GB External Hard Drives
Part # WDG1T5000
$249.95 t the Apple Store
A Drawing Tablet
Wacom
6 x 8 Intuos 3 (recommend 9 x 12)
$299.99 / $405.99 at newegg.com
A Two Button Mouse with Scroll Wheel
Kensington Si300 Laser Wired Mouse
(Recommendation only, Just about any USB mouse will work)
About $30.00
Blank DVD-R's
Computer recommendations:
Apple Desktop minimum system requirement
(Mr. Place's personal preference)
• 2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
• 2GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x1GB
• 250GB Serial ATA Drive
• ATI Radeon X1600/256MB VRAM
• SuperDrive 8X (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
• Apple Keyboard & Mighty Mouse + Mac OS X (US English)
• AppleCare Protection Plan for iMac - Auto-enroll
• 20-inch widescreen LCD
• AirPort Extreme
• Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
$1744.00 web quote, with student discount
Apple Laptop minimum system requirement
• 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
• 2GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x1GB
• 160GB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 rpm
• SuperDrive 6x (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
• MacBook Pro 15-inch Widescreen Display
• Backlit Keyboard/Mac OS - U.S. English
• Accessory Kit
• AppleCare Protection Plan for MacBook Pro/PowerBook Auto-enroll
$2628.00 web quote, with student discount
PC (Windows Operating System)
Most PC users are very particular about their system configuration. This minimum requirement is based on a Dell system. It doesn't matter which brand you purchase, but try to meet these specs. All Software, with the exception of Final Cut Pro, can be purchased for both operating systems.
Non-Linear Editing uses Apple's Final Cut Pro.
This software is not available for PC's
Dell XPS 410
• Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6400 (2MB L2 Cache,2.13GHz,1066 FSB)
• Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium
• 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 2 DIMMs
• 320GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
• Dual Drives: 16x DVD-ROM Drive + 16x DVD+/-RW w/ dbl layer write capable
• 20 inch E207WFP Widescreen Digital Flat Panel
• 256MB ATI Radeon X1300 Pro
• AGEIA® PhysX® physics accelerator
• Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
• Dell AS501PA 10W Flat Panel Attached Spkrs for Analog Flat Panels
• Dell USB Enhanced Multimedia Keyboard
• Dell Optical USB Mouse
$2289.00 web quote
Laptop specs. should resemble the desktop version.
Software
Check for educational prices online. You will need proof of enrollment.
Try these sites to start.
academicsuperstore.com
campustech.com
Adobe CS3 Design Premium Package
Adobe After Effects CS3
Final Cut Express (MAC only)
Cinema 4D r.10
