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WHITE PAPER (cont.) THE NEW PTC MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS Compaq Workstation Family Overview Compaq offers several workstations to meet the needs of its customers - they are certified to optimally run PTC applications. These include: the Affordable Performance line, the AP250, the AP550; in the Scalable Performance line, the SP750; and in the Extreme Performance line, the XP1000. Following are the suggested workstation configurations for optimal performance for your PTC applications. All configurations include a three-button mouse, a Compaq P110 21" monitor, and a three-year warranty. Common upgrades to all systems include additional memory, additional storage (9GB or 18 GB), Spaceball 4000 FLX Motion, Iomega Zip Drives, and the TFT8020 18" flat panel. Pro/DESKTOP Pro/DESKTOP provides power for conceptual designers. The recommended configuration for Pro/DESKTOP is the Compaq Deskpro Workstation AP250. The AP250 offers the best price/performance for Pro/ENGINEER. It is extremely affordable for cost conscious users. Its predecessor the AP200 with Oxygen GVX1 was the Bench 99 price/performance winner. The suggested AP250 configuration includes: § 866 MHz Intel® Pentium III processor (Shortly to be 1 GHz) § 256MB - 512MB ECC RDRAM (256MB recommended for Pro/DESKTOP) § 9.1GB Wide Ultra3 or ATA SCSI 10,000 rpm hard drive § 10,000rpm hard drive § AGP 4x graphics § ELSA Synergy II graphics controller or Oxygen GVX1 or VX1 § Intel 820 chip set with 133 MHz front side bus § Integrated 256-KB level two cache § 40X Max CD-ROM § Microsoft Windows NT® Workstation 4.0 or Windows 2000 § Intel PRO/100+ Management Adapter NIC § 5 slot/4 bay desktop or 8 slot/5 bay minitower § Integrated PremierSound™ featuring AC '97 audio Pro/ENGINEER 2000i2 and CADDS5i2 Pro/ENGINEER 2000i2 provides the power to do challenging and innovative designs. CADDS5i2 is typically used in large-scale design. The recommended configuration for Pro/ENGINEER and CADDS5 is the Compaq Professional Workstation AP550. The AP550 is more expandable than the AP250. It allows the use of either one or two processors, offers excellent price/performance and a full range of graphics. The recommended configuration includes: § 866 MHz Intel Pentium III processor (Shortly to be 1 GHz) § 256MB - 2GB ECC RDRAM (512 Mbytes recommended) § 18.2GB Wide Ultra3 SCSI 10,000 rpm hard drive § ELSA Gloria II graphics controller § Intel® 840 chipset with 133MHz Front Side Bus § Low Profile Desktop (AP400) or AP550 Tower § Scalable Bandwidth Technology § Dual memory controllers § AGP 4X Graphics 13