{"id":1765,"date":"2020-06-01T12:25:35","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T16:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/engit\/?page_id=1765"},"modified":"2024-02-15T14:02:49","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T19:02:49","slug":"recommended-computer-requirements-personal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/engit\/learning-remotely\/recommended-computer-requirements-personal\/","title":{"rendered":"Recommended Computer Requirements (personal)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The IT Help Center provides academic discounts to many popular computer manufacturers such as Apple and Lenovo. Additional details about computer configurations, prices, and details about the IT Help Center may be accessed here: <a href=\"http:\/\/bu.edu\/tech\/support\/purchase\/personal\/shop\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Personal Technology Purchases<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Minimum Configuration<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nIntel Core i3 processor &#8211; 12th gen (or comparable AMD CPU) [1 GHz, 2 cores]<br \/>\n8 GB RAM<br \/>\n256 GB Solid State Drive (SSD)<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Recommended Configuration \u2013 If you are purchasing a new laptop<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nIntel Core i5 processor &#8211; 12th gen or later (or comparable AMD CPU) [2.5+ GHz, 4+ cores]<br \/>\n16+ GB RAM<br \/>\n512+ GB Solid State Drive (SSD)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Some Engineering software is not compatible with Macs, so Windows is recommended.<br \/>\nIf you anticipate running CAD applications, be sure to purchase a PC with a dedicated GPU.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IT Help Center provides academic discounts to many popular computer manufacturers such as Apple and Lenovo. Additional details about computer configurations, prices, and details about the IT Help Center may be accessed here: Personal Technology Purchases Minimum Configuration Intel Core i3 processor &#8211; 12th gen (or comparable AMD CPU) [1 GHz, 2 cores] 8 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1441,"featured_media":0,"parent":1127,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/engit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1765"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/engit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/engit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/engit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1441"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/engit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1765"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/engit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2570,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/engit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1765\/revisions\/2570"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/engit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/engit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}