Laptop Requirements
Beginning Fall 2012, students entering the undergraduate chemical engineering program are required to have a laptop at their disposal. Laptops do not need to be brought to campus on a daily basis, but individual courses may require that a laptop be brought to class or lab sessions.
The list of minimum system requirements are provided here for students buying new laptops:
Operating System
- Windows 7 SP1
Processor
- Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0GHz or greater (Intel i3 or greater preferred) or AMD equivalent
Memory
- 4.0 GB
Hard Drive
- 200 GB
Optical Drive
- CD-RW/DVD
Network Card
- Integrated Wireless capable of 802.11g (802.11n preferred)
Other
- Built in camera (suggested)
Software
- Microsoft Office 2010 Office Pro 2010 can be purchased for $33.00 with a student ID for personally owned laptops from the Campus Computer Store located in the Flawn Academic Center (FAC 109)
- Virus protection software Required by the University. Make sure your program and definition files are up-to-date and set to update and scan your hard drive automatically. Microsoft Forefront is recommended and available for free from BevoWare
- Microsoft Updates Your laptop must be updated to the most current patch level before connecting to the campus network. Configure this through your control panel.