Laptop Requirements

The University of Texas at Austin Teacher Preparation Program Laptop Computer Requirement, Special Bundle Offer & Minimum System Requirements

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 iBook or PowerBook (MacBook or MacBook Pro preferred)
• Operating System: 10.4 (10.5 preferred)
• Processor: 1GHz G4 Power PC (2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo preferred)
• RAM: 512 MB (1 or 2 GB preferred)
• Hard Drive: 40 GB (80 GB + preferred)
• DVD/CD-RW: Combo drive which plays DVDs & burns CDs
• Connectivity: 10/100 Base-T Ethernet, Apple Airport Card, USB, external monitor/projector port
• Technical Support: AppleCare Protection Plan
• Software: MS Office 2004 or 2008, iLife ’06, '08 or '09 and anti-virus software such has Norton. FirstClass (TeachNet) is also required for some programs. Office and iLife are included in the bundle and anti-virus and Teachnet software are free downloads from Bevoware

Note: Apple software must be run on Apple hardware. Section 2A of the OS X Leopard agreement states, "This License allows you to install, use and run one (1) copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-labeled computer at a time. You agree not to install, use or run the Apple Software on any non-Apple-labeled computer, or to enable others to do so." The same clause limitations exist for 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@teachnet.edb.utexas.edu.

The College of Education in partnership with Apple Computer, Inc. is making a Special Bundle Offer available to students at prices substantially below the standard price available to students. This offer will be limited to teacher education students, faculty, and staff, as well as public school teachers identified by UT. Two other bundles are also offered and can be viewed on the Campus CompUTer store Laptop Initiative Page.