Hardware Standards

To provide a high level of support and security to College computers and to maintain the our ability to use the latest innovations in technology, it is necessary to require standard hardware and software configurations for the users. For anything other than high-end research computing needs, these standards will provide College users with the optimal hardware and software to perform their job responsibilities.

Note: These are the minimum computer hardware standards. Recommendations for new purchases can be found here.

Software Standards

To provide a high level of support and security to College computers and to maintain the ability to use the latest innovations in technology, it is necessary to require standard hardware and software configurations for the users. For anything other than high-end research computing needs, these standards will provide College users with the optimal hardware and software to perform their job responsibilities.

Note: These are the minimum software standards. Recommendations for new purchases can be found here.

Operating Systems

Microsoft Windows 2000 (Microsoft ended support on March 30, 2005 - Limited ability to support this OS)
Microsoft XP Professional Edition

Software

Microsoft Office 2003
McAfee Virus Scan
Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.x, 6.x or 7.x