OCU LAW - Computer Recommendations

COMPUTER SERVICES

Any student (including a prospective student) should feel free to speak to one of our Law Technology Services staff about any computer or peripheral purchase.

RECOMMENDED COMPUTER SPECIFICATIONS FOR LAW STUDENTS

Either a Windows-based or Apple computer which meets the recommended computer specifications should meet your needs.

Laptops

Minimum 256 Megs of RAM (512 - 768 Megs HIGHLY recommended)
Minimum 60 Gigabyte Hard Drive
Wireless 802.11b/g Network Card (802.11a/b/g card recommended)
DVD / CDRW combo drive
128 megabyte USB flash drive

Desktops

Minimum 512 Megs of RAM (1024 Megs HIGHLY recommended)
Minimum 80 Gigabyte Hard Drive (SATA interface recommended)
16X DVD drive
48X CDRW drive
Minimum of 17" LCD flat panel display or 19" CRT type display
128 megabyte USB flash drive

Windows Vista recommended system requirements

1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor

1 GB of system memory
40 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space
Support for DirectX 9 graphics with:

WDDM Driver
128 MB of graphics memory (minimum)
Pixel Shader 2.0 in hardware
32 bits per pixel

DVD-ROM drive
Audio Output
Network interface card

DATA STORAGE

While floppy disks remain a prevalent form of data storage, students are strongly encouraged to save their documents onto USB flash memory drives. The university provides all students with a networked computer storage area called an X: drive. X: drives are special network storage areas set aside for each and every student. These areas are totally secure, accessible only by the student, and are stored on a redundant disk array to insure that the student's information will not be lost. Despite being furnished this storage free of charge, we still encourage the law students to use their own personal USB flash memory drives. Due to campus policy restrictions that are in effect, any information (homework, etc) saved to a lab computer is erased daily.