Hardware and Software Standards

Desktop Hardware Specifications

Desktop Hardware Specifications (Faculty and Staff)
Minimum*		Power User
Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.8 80 GB hard drive 2 GB RAM of memory 128 RAM video memory CD-RW /DVD Drive Flat-panel display High-speed connection to the Law School network and the Internet Windows XP Professional OS Two (2) USB ports Access to a laser printer Warranty: 3-year On-site		Intel Core 2 Duo, 3 GHz 200 GB hard drive 4 GB RAM of memory 256 RAM video memory CD-RW /DVD/RW Drive Flat-panel display High-speed connection to the Law School network and the Internet Windows XP Professional OS Four (4) USB ports Access to a laser printer Warranty: 3-year On-site

* While these specifications are the current minimum standards, the Law IT department typically tries to provide better than the minimum configuration.

Laptop Hardware Specification

Laptop Hardware Specification (Faculty, Staff and Students)
Minimum*
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 64 GB hard drive 2 GB RAM of memory 128 RAM video memory CD-RW /DVD Drive Wireless: 802.11 b/g wireless card (WPA2 compatible) High-speed connection to the Law School network and the Internet Windows XP Professional OS – Service Pack 3 Two (2) USB ports Warranty: 3-year On-site (Next Business Day) AND complete damage recovery warranty

* While these specifications are the current minimum standards, the Law IT department typically tries to provide better than the minimum configuration.

Software applications we provide and support are:

MS Office 2007 (Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, and Access if needed) - Faculty, staff, students(purchased thru NU)
Norton Anti-Virus Software - Faculty, staff, students
Internet Explorer, Mozilla or Safari browsers - Faculty, staff, students
Outlook email client - Faculty, staff
Adobe Acrobat Reader - Faculty, staff, students
Meeting Maker - Faculty, staff
Statistical software - Faculty
Other software or technical applications, as needed

The University provides NetIDs and passwords for Internet e-mail and access to resources on the University backbone. The Law Library provides IDs for the Lexis and Westlaw databases. Training for software or research databases is available through the IT Department or the Law Library, as appropriate.