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Campus Technology Services

 Computer System Requirements

"Taking Steps for the Future"

Desktop & Laptop Computers

Minimum requirements are as follows:

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PC Requirements

Macintosh Requirements

CPU

Pentium III or higher

CPU

G4 or higher

RAM

128 MB

RAM

128 MB

Hard Drive

1 GB of free space

Hard Drive

1 GB of free space

Network Card

One ISA or PCI or PCMCIA (for laptop) slot, if your machine doesn't have a built-in Ethernet port.

Network card

One PCI or PCMCIA (for laptop) slot, if your machine doesn't already have a built-in Ethernet port.

CD-ROM

CD-ROM Drive

CD-ROM

CD-ROM Drive

Operating System*

Windows 2000/XP/Vista (32-bit only) 
Please Note: 64-bit systems and Windows 7 are not compatible with all campus software at this time. 

Operating System*

MacOS X (10.5) 
Please Note: Snow Leopard (10.6) is not compatible with all campus software at this time.

Wireless

802.11G compatible
Cisco VPN Client

Wireless 802.11G compatible
Cisco VPN Client

* Note:

  • No server operating systems (Windows NT/2000/2003/2008 Server) are permitted.
  • Snow Leopard (10.6) and Windows 7 are not currently supported.

For ResNet technical assistance, users must supply the original genuine Operating System CD & License in order for CTS to do network troubleshooting on student machines.  This is required by the licensing agreement of Windows and MacOS. 

 Last Updated: 10/13/09