College of Law Laptop Requirements

Microsoft Windows 10/11 PC* hardware requirements:
 Minimum Required SpecsRecommended Specs
CPU

Intel Core i5 8th Gen or newer

AMD Ryzen 5 3rd Gen or newer

Intel Core i7/i9 11th Gen or newer

AMD Ryzen 7/9 5thGen or newer

RAM16GB RAM16GB DDR4/DDR5 RAM
StorageSSD, 512GB storageHigh speed SSD (M.2, NVMe, high-performance SATA), 1TB storage

*Due to performance limitations, Microsoft Surface devices are not recommended. Surface devices can expect lag, slowdowns, and issues with multitasking, as well as potential incompatibility or feature support issues.


Apple** hardware requirements:
 Minimum Required SpecsRecommended Specs
CPUIntel Core i5/i7, Apple Silicon M1Apple Silicon M1 Pro/M1 Max, Apple Silicon M2/M2 Pro/M2 Max
RAM16GB RAM16GB DDR4/DDR5 RAM
StorageSSD, 256 GB storageHigh speed SSD (M.2, NVMe, high-performance SATA), 1TB storage

**Due to performance limitations, Macbook Airs are not recommended. Macbook Air users can expect lag, slowdowns, and issues with multitasking.


In addition, because our Law Clinic students are required to align with Medium-Risk security posture, Windows 10 and 11 Pro are a requirement, as home does not satisfactorily allow users to enable Bitlocker.