Microsoft Windows 10/11 PC* hardware requirements:
Minimum Required Specs | Recommended 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 |
RAM | 16GB RAM | 16GB DDR4/DDR5 RAM |
Storage | SSD, 512GB storage | High 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 Specs | Recommended Specs | |
CPU | Intel Core i5/i7, Apple Silicon M1 | Apple Silicon M1 Pro/M1 Max, Apple Silicon M2/M2 Pro/M2 Max |
RAM | 16GB RAM | 16GB DDR4/DDR5 RAM |
Storage | SSD, 256 GB storage | High 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.