Windows Desktop

Macintosh Desktop

Windows Laptop

Macintosh Laptop

Model

Dell OptiPlex GX260T

Apple iMac

Latitude C840

PowerBook

Processor & Speed

Pentium 4, 2.4GHz

G4, 1GHz

Pentium 4,
2.0 GHz

PowerPC G4, 867 MHz

Memory (RAM) expandable

512MB

512MB

512MB

512MB

Hard Drive Space

40GB

80GB

40GB

40GB

Floppy Drive

Yes.

No.

Yes.

No.

CD-Read & Write/DVD-Read

Yes, 48X

Yes, 4X SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW)

DVD Writer

Yes, 24X

Yes, 24X

Other Ports

• 1 full-height 4XAGP slot (2.5" h x 6.6" l)

• 4 PCI slots (three 4.2" x 11" and one 4.2" x 9")

• 6 USB 2.0 ports (2 front, 4 back)

• 1 serial port

• 1 parallel port

• 2 PS/2 ports (keyboard and mouse)

• Microphone,

• stereo in/stereo out (back), stereo out (front)

• 5 USB ports

• microphone,headphone, speaker jack

• audio in, mini-VGA out

• 2 IEEE 1394 (FireWire)

• Serial (DTE): (one) 9-pin connector; 16550-compatible,16-byte buffer

• Parallel: (one) 25-hole connector (unidirectional, bidirectional, or ECP)

• Video: (one) 15-hole connector and S-video out connector

• PS/2 style keyboard/keypad/mouse: (one) 6-pin mini-DIN (does not support more than one device at a time)

• Infrared: one port compatible with IrDA Standards 1.1 (Fast IR) and 1.0 (Slow IR)

• Audio: microphone-in-jack; line-in/audio-in jack; headphones/speakers jack

• 2 USB-compliant connectors

• IEEE 1394a: 4-Pin mini-1394

• Docking: 200-pin connector for the Latitude C/Port-II, Advanced Port Replicator or C/Dock-II Expansion station

• 2 (Type I or Type II cards can be used in any combination; Type III cards can be used only in the bottom connector)

• 1 DVI out

• 1 VGA out

• 1 S-video out

• 1 composite out

• microphone, audio line in, audio line out,

• 2 USB ports

• 1 IEEE 1394 (FireWire)

• 1 PC Card/CardBus Slot

Audio

Sound Blaster Compatible

External Audio Speakers

harman kardon 206 Speakers

None

None

None

Ethernet*

10/100 Ethernet

10/100 Ethernet

10/100 Ethernet

10/100 Ethernet

56k Modem V.90

No.

Modem, yes.

Yes, modem

Yes, modem

Case Style

Small mini-tower

iMac

Laptop with carry case

Laptop with carry case

Video RAM

32MB ATI Radeon VE video card

NVIDIA GeForce video w/32MB DDR video memory

Nvidia® GeForce4 440 GoTM card with 32 MB DDR video memory

ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 w/64MB DDR video memory

Monitor/Display

Dell UltraSharp™ 1702FP Flat Panel Display (17.0 “ viewable)

iMac: 17" LCD Color Monitor

15" TFT Color Display

15.2" TFT Color Display

Resolution

1024x768

17-inch display resolutions: 1440 by 900 (native), 1152 by 720, 1024 by 640, and 800 by 500 pixels at 16:10 aspect ratio; 1024 by 768, 800 by 600, and

640 by 480 pixels at 4:3 aspect ratio

1600x1200

1280 x 854

Dimensions

Height: 17.30"
Width: 18.10"
Depth: 8.70"

. Height: 13.03 inches minimum;

20.0 inches (50.9 cm) maximum

. Width: 16.7 inches minimum;

17.7 inches maximum

. Depth: 10.6 inches minimum;

16.7 inches) maximum

. Diameter of base: 10.6 inches

. Weight: 22.8 pounds (10.4 kg)6

height: 1.75" width: 13.03" depth: 10.87"

1.0" width: 13.4" depth: 9.5"

Weight

N/A

N/A

Starting at 7.4 lbs.

Starting at 5.4 lbs.

Operating System

Windows 2000

Macintosh O/S X Version 10.2 (Jaguar)

Windows 2000

Macintosh O/S X Version 10.2 (Jaguar)

Software

See the Software below.

See the Software below.

See the Software below.

See the Software below.

Need even more info?

Go to Dell's web page about the OptiPlex GX260T.

Go to Apple's web page about the iMac

Go to Dell's web page about the Latitude C840.

Go to Apple's web page about the PowerBook.

print speed, black (pages per minute)

45 ppm

first page out, black

Less than 8.5 secs

processor

350 MHz

recommended monthly volume, maximum

200,000 pages

print technology

Laser

print quality, black

1200 x 1200 dpi

paper trays, std.

3

paper trays, max.

4

input capacity, std.

1,100 sheets

input capacity, max.

2,600 sheets

standard envelope capacity

10 envelopes

envelope feeder

Yes, 75

output capacity, std.

300 - 250 face down-50 face up sheets

output capacity, max.

800 sheets

duplex printing

Automatic (optional)

media sizes, std.

Letter, legal, executive, No. 10 envelopes, Monarch envelopes

media sizes, custom

Tray 1: 3 x 5 in to 8.5 x 14 in; Tray 2 and Tray 3: 5.8 x 8.3 in to 8.5 x 14 in; Optional stacker: .8 x 8.3 in to 8.5 x 14 in; Custom sizes not supported on optional duplex printing accessory, envelope feeder, or stapler

media type

Paper (plain, letterhead, prepunched, bond, color, preprinted, recycled), transparencies, labels, envelopes, card stock, user-defined

media weight, recommended

20 lb

paper handling

100-sheet multipurpose tray, two 500-sheet input trays. Optional: duplex printing accessory, 500-sheet input tray, 1,500-sheet input tray, 500-sheet stacker or 15-sheet stapler/500-sheet stacker.

memory, std.

80 MB

memory, max.

416 MB

memory slots

3 100-pin DIMM

hard disk

Optional, HP high capacity hard disk

print languages, std.

HP PCL 6, 5e, and PostScript® 3 (PS 3) emulation, HP-GL/2, PJL

typefaces

80 built-in

connectivity, std.

IEEE 1284-compliant parallel interface port, HP Jetdirect 10/100Base-TX print server card, 1 open EIO slot

connectivity, optional

HP Jetdirect 610n and 615n EIO internal print servers

macintosh compatible

Yes

print drivers, std.

HP PCL 6, PCL 5e, and PostScript® 3 (PS 3 emulation, HP-GL/2

dimensions (w x d x h)

16.4 x 16.9 x 19.2 in

weight

61 lb