Laptop Requirements

The University of Texas at Austin Teacher Preparation Program Laptop Computer Requirement

If a student has made a recent purchase of a laptop and would like to use the laptop in the program, these are the minimum requirements which the unit must meet:

• Model: Apple MacBook or MacBook Pro
• Operating System: 10.5 “Leopard” or 10.6 “Snow Leopard”
• Processor: 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
• RAM: 2 GB
• Hard Drive: 80 GB (120 GB or higher preferred)
• DVD/CD-RW: Combo or Super Drive
• Connectivity: 10/100 Base-T Ethernet, Apple Airport Card (for wireless internet), USB, external monitor/projector port
• Technical Support: Three Year AppleCare Protection Plan
• Software:
  • MS Office 2004, 2008, or 2011 - Installation disk included on COE laptop Bundles or for purchase at Campus Computer Store
  • iLife ‘08, ‘09 or ‘11 - Included in Apple laptops with OS X
  • Antivirus software - The free ClamXav application is available on the UT Bevoware Site.
  • TeachNet - A free application that is used for some of the teacher preparation programs

Note: Apple software must be run on Apple hardware. Section 2A of the OS X Snow Leopard agreement states, " Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, unless you have purchased a Family Pack or Upgrade license for the Apple Software, you are granted a limited non-exclusive license to install, use and run one (1) copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-branded computer at a time. You agree not to install, use or run the Apple Software on any non-Apple-branded computer, or to enable others to do so. This License does not allow the Apple Software to exist on more than one computer at a time, and you may not make the Apple Software available over a network where it could be used by multiple computers at the same time." The same clause limitations exist for Leopard and iLife. See all Apple license agreements.

Questions about this requirement and purchase opportunity should be directed to Chad Fulton at (512) 471-5599 or Chad Fulton.