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What are the recommended requirements for a personal computer?

April 26, 2017personal computer recommended requirements

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What are the recommended requirements for a personal computer?

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The answer depends on what tasks you will perform on your computer. Most computers at Teachers College are used for the following: • Word processing • Internet browsing • Accessing TC online resources (email, ClassWeb, library journals, etc.) • Programming/Data analysis (e.g., SPSS, SAS) • Creating multimedia content (e.g., Macromedia, Adobe, Final Cut, iMovie) • Recreation/games We offer the following minimum system requirements for your computer, but you might want to keep in mind that programming/data analysis, multimedia creation, and some gaming require significantly more computing power (see recommended additional requirements below): Processor (CPU) Windows: Intel Pentium 4, Pentium D, Celeron, or AMD AthlonD (desktop); Intel Pentium M, Centrino, Core Duo, Celeron M, or AMD Mobile Athlon (laptop)/ Mac: Power PC G4* Memory (RAM) 512 Megabytes (MB)* Hard drive 40 Gigabytes (GB)* Media drives CD-RW (CD re-writable) drive strongly recommended. Floppy disk drive also recommended.* Et