FAQ - What recommended type of Personal Computer should I get for my Design-based studies?

FAQ 21: What recommended type of Personal Computer should I get for my Design-based studies?

Posted Date: 2006-03-27 Posted By: Juan
Updated Date: 2009-11-23 20:33:27 Updated By: julian

Categories: * Basics

This FAQ reference is a guideline for recommending a minimum type of PERSONAL computer you should get if you decide to buy or upgrade. Follow the table across according to the line of coursework that you do in our Faculty.

If you do not intend to run any of the essential software(s)listed here on your home machine, it is not neccessary then to have a personal machine as good, or better than what is recommended here.

Coursework (2009)	Main Software Recommendations	Essential System Specifications
digital media	- Maya - Adobe CS3	PC compatible: * Intel Duo or equivalent * Windows XP * 3GB Ram * 350GB hard drive * newest video cards that has hardware-openGL & minimum 256MB * external hard drive USB2.0 (500+ GB) * DVD-RW writer drive ~~~~~~~~~~ APPLE MAC * Intel Mac Duo CPU * 1.5+ ghz * latest OSX * 3 GB RAM * 350GB hard drive * external hard drive USB2.0 & firewire (500gb) * DVD-RW writer drive
design computing	- Second Life - Adobe CS3	PC compatible * Intel Duo or equivalent * 2 GB Ram * 250+GB hard drive * 256 MB video card
architecture	- Autodesk Autocad & Revit (Win only) - ArchiCAD - Adobe CS3	PC compatible * Intel Duo or equivalent * 2gb ram * 250+GB hard drive * 256mb video card (DirectX9 or better) ~~~~~~~~~~ APPLE MAC * Intel Mac Duo CPU * 1.0+ ghz speed * latest OSX * 2gb ram * 250+GB hard drive
(monitor recommendations )	N/A	for MAC or PC: * min. resolution = 1280 x 1024 pixels (Desktop) * min. resolution = 1024 x 768 pixels (Laptop) * (standard aspect ratio)