In 1994, Grove City College made the bold decision to give every incoming student and faculty member a laptop computer. Now, more than a decade later, over 3,000 computers are in current circulation on campus, with freshmen using top-of-the-line Tablet PCs made by Hewlett-Packard. The table below gives the specifications for each freshman class since the inception of this Information Technology Program.
| Year |
Model |
Processor |
Display |
Memory |
Hard Drive |
Optical Drive |
First Year For... |
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1994
|
Compaq Contura 4/25c
|
486SL/25 MHz
|
9.5" Color VGA
|
4 MB
|
120 MB
|
none
|
|
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1995
|
Compaq Contura 410
|
486DX2/50 MHz
|
9.5" Color Dual Scan
|
8 MB
|
350 MB
|
none
|
|
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1996
|
Compaq Armada 1120
|
Pentium 100 MHz
|
9.5" Color Dual Scan
|
8 MB
|
810 MB
|
none
|
|
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1997
|
Compaq Armada 1510
|
Pentium 120 MHz
|
11.3" CSTN SVGA
|
16 MB
|
1 GB
|
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PCMCIA Network Card (NIC)
|
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1998
|
Compaq Presario 1230
|
Cyrix 233 MHz
|
12.1" HPA
|
32 MB
|
3.2 GB
|
24X CD-ROM
|
|
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1999
|
Compaq Armada 1750
|
Pentium II 333 MHz
|
12.1" CTFT
|
32 MB
|
4.3 GB
|
24X CD-ROM
|
video output port, 56K V.90 modem
|
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2000
|
Compaq Armada E500
|
Pentium III 500 MHz
|
12.1" CTFT/SVGA
|
64 MB
|
6 GB
|
24X CD-ROM
|
Integrated NIC
|
|
2001
|
Compaq Armada E500
|
Pentium III 800 MHz
|
14.1" CTFT/XGA
|
128 MB
|
10 GB
|
24X CD-ROM
|
|
|
2002
|
Compaq Evo N600c
|
Pentium IVM 1.2 GHz
|
14.1" CTFT/SXGA
|
256 MB
|
30 GB
|
DVD/CD-RW
|
no floppy drive, 32 MB video RAM
|
|
2003
|
Evo N620c
|
Pentium M 1.6 GHz
|
14.1" DTFT/SXGA
|
256MB
|
60 GB
|
DVD/CD-RW
|
Wireless 10/100/1000 NIC Pentium M Processor
|
|
2004
|
HP Compaq tc-1100 tablet
|
Pentium M 1.1 GHz
|
10.4" XGA TFT
|
512 MB
|
60 GB
|
DVD/CD-RW
|
Tablet PC 56Kv92 modem
|
|
2005
|
HP Compaq tc-4200 mobile computer
|
Pentium M 2.0 GHz
|
12.1" XGA TFT
|
512 MB
|
60 GB
|
DVD/CD-RW
|
Embedded Security Chip, All-in-One Printer (PSC)
|
| 2006 |
HP Compaq tc-4200 mobile computer |
Pentium M 2.0 GHz |
12.1" XGA TFT |
1 GB |
80 GB |
DVD+/- RW |
Travel Battery, USB Flash Drive |
|
2007
|
HP Compaq tc-4400 mobile computer |
Core™2 2.16 GHz |
12.1" TFT XGA WVA |
2 GB |
120 GB |
DVD+/- RW Combo |
Dual Core Processor, Biometrics, Bluetooth |
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