System Requirements and Software Listing for Computer Science

Minimum system requirement  (<$1000)

Windows XP (Vista?)

CPU processor 3GHz (32 bit machines)

Newer Processors: 64 bit processors (Next few years)

Main Memory (RAM) 128MB/512MB/ …  (Theoretical limit: 4GB)

DVD ROM ; CD R/W; DVD R/W?

Zip Drive/Flash Drive

Hard disk : 80GB, 160 GB

Desktop vs Laptop

Windows vs Linux

Ways to access Servers (download utilities from  www.tucows.com)

• EagleLink CD (University software for dial in capabilities and other utilities : $1.50)
• telnet
• ssh
• ftp
• browsers
• XClient

Software that student might need:

Software Title	Licensing	Documentation	Documentation Website
Microsoft Windows XP SP2	Proprietary	Software & Internet	http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/default.mspx
Microsoft Office 2003 Professional	Proprietary	Software & Internet	http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/default.aspx
Microsoft Project 2003	Proprietary	Software & Internet	http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/default.aspx
Microsoft Visio 2003	Proprietary	Software & Internet	http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/default.aspx
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003	Proprietary	Internet	http://support.microsoft.com/vsnet2003
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0	Proprietary	Software & Internet	http://support.microsoft.com/vs
Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0	Proprietary	Software & Internet	http://support.microsoft.com/vs
Macromedia Dreamweaver MX	Proprietary	Software & Internet	http://livedocs.macromedia.com/dreamweaver/mx2004/index.html
Macromedia Flash MX	Proprietary	Software & Internet	http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/mx2004/index.html
Adobe Photoshop CS	Proprietary	Software & Internet	http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/training.html
Adobe Image Ready CS	Proprietary	Software & Internet	http://www.adobe.com/products/tips/photoshop.html
Rational Suite Enterprise	Proprietary	Software & Internet	http://publibfp.boulder.ibm.com/epubs/pdf/12655940.pdf
Allegro CL 7.0	Proprietary	Software & Internet	http://www.franz.com/support/documentation/
SICStus Prolog v3.12.0	Proprietary	Software & Internet	http://www.sics.se/isl/sicstuswww/site/documentation.html
WinAxe Plus v7.1	Proprietary	Software & Internet	http://labf.com/winaxeplus/manual/manual.html
Windows Services for Unix	Proprietary	Software & Internet	http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/sfu/productinfo/features/whatsnew.mspx
C Shell	Proprietary	Software & Internet	http://docs.freebsd.org/44doc/usd/04.csh/paper.html
Korn Shell	Proprietary	Software & Internet	http://www.kornshell.com/doc/
Maya	Proprietary
FormZ	Proprietary
Redhat Enterprise	Proprietary
TextPad (can compile Java 1.5 code)	Both	Software & Internet	http://www.textpad.com/support/tips/index.html
Mozilla FireFox web browser	Free	Software & Internet	http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/
Java 2 SDK v1.5	Free	Software & Internet	http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/index.html
Jbuilder 2005 Foundation (supports Java 1.5 code)	Free	Software & Internet	http://info.borland.com/techpubs/jbuilder/
Jbuilder 2005 (Enterprise)	Proprietary	Software & Internet	http://info.borland.com/techpubs/jbuilder/
Eclipse v3.1 (supports Java 1.5 code)	Free	Software & Internet	http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/index.php
Netbeans IDE v4.0 (supports Java 1.5 code)	Free	Software & Internet	http://www.netbeans.org/kb/41/index.html
SWI-Prolog	Free	Software & Internet	http://www.swi-prolog.org/documentation.html
Hugs 98	Free	Software & Internet	http://cvs.haskell.org/Hugs/pages/documentation.htm
Python 2.3	Free	Software & Internet	http://www.python.org/doc/2.3.5/
puTTY	Free	Software & Internet	http://www.putty.nl/docs.html
pgAdmin III	Free	Software & Internet	http://www.pgadmin.org/screenshots.php#documentation
gVIM 6.3	Free	Software & Internet	http://www.vim.org/docs.php
Mozart-Oz	Free	Software & Internet	http://www.mozart-oz.org/
Oracle	Proprietary	Software & Internet

University licenses?

Only for Campus use.

Dept. license with Microsoft/IBM? Operating Systems, .Net, and some other useful stuff;