All CEC students will need to own a laptop that meets the following minimum requirements. Individual instructors will inform students when they are needed in the classrooms.
CEC IT has a limited number of loaner laptops that can be checked out for up to 4 hours for students whose laptops are broken or in repair. Please come to Benton 201 with an ID for these laptops.
Loaners are Dell Latitude Laptops that meet the minimum requirements.
Requirements for CSE Students
Windows
Requirements
Processor I7 or Better
16GB memory (or higher)
No graphics co processor is required
Disk - Minimum of 500Gb (1TB is always better, especially if using virtual machines)
Quality - A business grade laptop or better is required with 3-4 year complete warranty.
Not Acceptable
Chromebooks or similar
IPADS or similar
Mac
Requirements
Apple M3 chip or better
16GB memory (or higher)
512 GB disk
Requirements for MME, CPB, and ECE Students
Windows
(Students using Mac’s have typically had problems with industry standard software for this major. Highly recommended to only get a windows platform)
Requirements
Processor I7 or Better
16GB memory (or higher)
No graphics co processor is required
Disk - Minimum of 500Gb (1TB is always better, especially if using virtual machines)
Quality. A business grade laptop or better is required with 3-4 year complete warranty.
Not Acceptable
Chromebooks or similar
IPADS or similar
The College of Engineering and Computing
Contact Us
510 E. High Street Oxford, OH 45056 cec@MiamiOH.edu 513-529-0700
