IT Services for Parents

Hardware

	Minimum	Recommended
OS	Windows 10	Windows 10
CPU	Intel i5 processor or better	Intel i7 or newer preferred
Memory	8 GB	16 GB
Hard Drive	256 GB	512 GB SSD
Graphics Card	512 MB Video Memory or higher	512 MB Video Memory or higher
Screen Size	14 or 15-inch LCD	Minimum 15-inch LCD
Warranty	4-year parts and labor (on-site strongly recommended)	4-year parts and labor (on-site strongly recommended)
Insurance	Comprehensive breakage, theft, liquid spill, hazard (strongly recommended)

Software

Do not purchase Microsoft Office products. The university currently has a site license for these products.

	Minimum	Recommended
Anti-Virus	Required	MalwareBytes Premium
Productivity Tools	Office 365 (do not buy, university currently has a site license) Get Office 365	Office 365 (do not buy, university currently has a site license)   Set up MS Office Get Office 365

 

Hardware

	Minimum	Recommended
OS	Mac OSX 10.11 (El Capitan) or higher	Mac OSX 10.14 (Mojave)
CPU	Intel i5 processor or better	Intel i7 or newer preferred
Memory	8 GB	16 GB
Hard Drive	256 GB SSD	256 GB SSD or higer
Graphics Card	512 MB Video Memory or higher	512 MB Video Memory or higher
Screen Size	13-inch	15-inch
Warranty	3-year parts and labor (AppleCare)	3-year parts and labor (AppleCare)
Insurance	Comprehensive breakage, theft, liquid spill, hazard (strongly recommended)

Software

Do not purchase Microsoft Office products. The university currently has a site license for these products.

	Minimum	Recommended
Anti-Virus	Required	MalwareBytes Premium
Productivity Tools	Office 365 (do not buy, university currently has a site license)	Office 365 (do not buy, university currently has a site license)
	Parallels Desktop (version compatible with your Operating System), needs to be purchased separately.