Laptop Minimum Requirements

Laptop Requirements (Winter 2008) Need to Buy?

As in past years, for all incoming students attending SHU Law are REQUIRED to possess a laptop meeting our minimum specifications and use it for various class purposes and for all law school exams. As much of our classroom experience now integrates technology (especially legal research) and all law school exams are now taken on laptop (with wireless exam delivery), having and using a laptop is essential to a successful law school career. Fortunately most students already own a laptop so as long as yours meets our minimum specifications below you should be ready for class.

Minimum PC-based Laptop or Tablet Specifications: The following are SHU Law's minimum specifications for law school pc-based laptops or tablets. Please note that we do not officially recommend brands, only components.

CPU: Mobile Intel Pentium 4 or M 2ghz or better,
Intel Core2 1.5gig or better, or similar AMD
Memory: 1GB, 2GB better Hard Drive: 60gb or better
Screen: 14" or better on standard models, 12" or better on lighter models
Video: 64mb shared or better
Wireless: Internal or external 802.11g or b (not A)
DVD/CD Device: CD player, CDRW/DVD combo player a plus...
Other Necessary Devices: USB, integrated 10/100 network card
Operating System: Vista or XP Pro (not XP Home)

MAC Users - Macs are acceptable for use at SHU Law but may have limited functionality in certain applications. These include Web For Students (registration, grades online, student account information) and any other mainframe related web-accessible services. In addition the law school has minimal MAC software or resources available and can offer only very limited support. Minimum specs on MACs are comparable to those above (such as a well equipped MacBook or MacBook Pro), but your MAC must have wireless B or G, through an Aircard.

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