Earlier this year UT and Dell entered into a strategic partnership which
provides discounted prices for both institutional and personal purchases.
For desktop systems the savings are typically insignificant, but prices on
Latitude laptops are the exception.  If you are thinking of purchasing a
laptop, I highly recommend visiting the UT/Dell site at
http://www.cas.utk.edu/depts/pam/dellpricelist.html.

A fully-loaded Pentium III 850Mhz Latitude C600 (including 255MB of RAM,
DVD, Zip drive, and port replicator) can be had for less than $2,500 (the
recommended specs are pasted in below...prices are about $150 higher for
personal purchases).  If you need a faster video processor, a 15" display,
and a 1000 MHz processor, that can be had in a C800 system for under $3,000,
but the C600 will be more than adequate for business (non-gaming) use.

As always, our recommendations for other computer purchases can be found at
http://www.utc.edu/helpdesk/hardware.htm.

   --Rodger Ling



****RECOMMENDED LAPTOP SPECS, 5/30/01****

Price*:$2,451.50

Latitude C600:  Pentium® III Processor, 850MHz with 14.1in XGA Display

Memory:  256MB SDRAM, 2 DIMMS

Hard Drives: 20GB,Hard Drive,9.5MM

Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® 2000, Service Pack 1 ]

File Systems: FAT32,FILE SYSTEM,WIN9X/2000

Hardware Support Services: 3Yrs Parts & Labor (Next Business Day)

Module Bay Options: 8X DVD with Software MPEGII

Removable Storage: 250MB Zip Drive

Modems and Combo Cards: Internal 3COM MINI-PCI NIC/Modem Combo

Primary Battery:  4 Cell Lithium-Ion Battery.

Docking Stations: C/Port II Advanced Port Replicator

Carrying Case: Nylon Carrying Case, Dual Compartment





Rodger Ling
Director, Technology Support Services
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
(423) 755-4000 (voice)
(423) 785-2208 (FAX)
http://www.utc.edu/helpdesk
http://www.cdc.net/~rling/home.html