| Type of Technology |
Minimum Recommendations |
| CPU |
|
| RAM |
|
| Hard Drive |
- 320 GB or greater or
- Solid State: 256GB or greater
|
| Video Card |
- Intel HD Graphics 4000 or better
|
| Network Card |
|
| Wireless Network Access |
- 802.11n Wi-Fi wireless networking
- 4 IEEE 802.11a/b/g compatible
|
| Warranty |
- 1 year AppleCare Protection Plan or greater
|
| Ports |
- Built in Standarard port configuration
|
| Audio |
- Internal sound card
- Internal speakers
|
Backup Medium
(if desired) |
- 8 GB flash drive (minimum)
- External hard drive (minimum size equivalent to your internal hard drive)
|
| Operating System |
|
| Word Processing |
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Office 365 University (Discounted for students) Contains Office 2013 for PC and Office 2011 for Mac plus 4 yr subscription
|
| Spreadsheet |
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Office 365 University (Discounted for students) Contains Office 2013 for PC and Office 2011 for Mac plus 4 yr subscription
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| Web Browser |
|
| Electronic Mail |
|
| Virus Protection (Only one antivirus should be installed -- More is not better in this case)
|
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N/A As a Unix-based operating system OS X is by its very nature sandboxed. It's like having a series of fire doors - even if malware gains access to your Mac, it is unable to spread to the heart of the machine. Macs are not unhackable, but they are more difficult to exploit than Windows PCs.
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