{"id":8345,"date":"2021-11-01T16:32:51","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T21:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arch.tamu.edu\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=8345"},"modified":"2024-09-09T15:40:47","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T20:40:47","slug":"technology-requirements","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/pvfa.tamu.edu\/resources\/technology-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Computer Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts requires all students to have a personal laptop. This laptop is required to perform classroom activities based on the courses taken. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-personal-laptop-hardware-requirements\">Personal Laptop Hardware Requirements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Office of IT maintains a list of recommended hardware specifications for each major in the College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts. We highly recommend purchasing a laptop that meets these specifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations&nbsp;new Aggies! We&#8217;re excited for your new journey ahead of you. To help in your success, the College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts has put together a list of generic requirements for your laptop. Because there are so many models and possible configurations of laptops in the market today, we are only able to make minimum hardware recommendations for your laptop at the moment. As a note, finding these specs in &#8220;business&#8221; or &#8220;workstation&#8221; class computers will be easier than in &#8220;consumer&#8221; level laptops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Minimum<\/strong><\/em><strong>&nbsp;Hardware Requirements for all College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts students:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Intel i7 processor<\/strong>&nbsp;9th generation or higher (This is the brain of the computer. The faster the speed, the faster it can process data\/projects.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>16 \u2013 32 GB of RAM<\/strong>&nbsp;or more (The RAM is the computers \u201cworking\u201d memory. RAM allows a computer to work with more information at the same time, which usually has a dramatic effect on total system performance. The more RAM a computer has, the more efficient it will be while running large programs such as AutoCAD for projects.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Minimum 512 GB storage (preferred 1 TB) Solid State Drive (SSD)<\/strong> or more (the more storage a computer has, the more projects, documents, etc. you can store. SSD storage will allow a computer to turn on and open projects significantly faster than traditional HDD storage but tends to be more expensive.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Graphics Card&nbsp;<\/strong>GTX 1650 or Quadro T1000 equivalent or better.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080&nbsp;or better&nbsp;<\/strong>(A higher resolution will allow projects to fit on the screen more effectively.)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Webcams<\/strong> are <em>strongly <\/em>recommended, per the <a href=\"https:\/\/it.tamu.edu\/services\/academics-and-research\/teaching-and-learning-tools\/computer-requirements\/\">University BYOD guidelines<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Visualization Majors<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the&nbsp;computer requirements for all College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts students, visualization have some additional required specifications for the laptop computer to meet the need of the core courses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"btn-wrapper \">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"btn \" href=\"https:\/\/pvfa.tamu.edu\/app\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Laptop_Student_Requirements_2024.pdf\" target=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLaptop Requirements\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Vendor-Hardware-Discounts\">Vendor Hardware Discounts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Various computer hardware vendors offer academic discounts to students of institutions of higher education:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-3\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/store.apple.com\/us\/browse\/campaigns\/education_pricing\">Apple Student Portal<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dell.com\/us\/eep\/p\/\">Dell Member Purchase Program<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hp.com\/us-en\/shop\/cv\/hp-education\">HP<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lenovo.com\/us\/en\/landingpage\/students-and-teachers\/?orgRef=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.google.com%252F\">Lenovo Academic Purchase Program<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.consumerreports.org\/cro\/computers\/buying-guide.htm\">Consumer Reports Buying Guide<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.12thmantechnology.com\/\">12th Man Technology<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">12th Man Technology<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>12<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Man Technology is the official technology store of Texas A&amp;M University, located conveniently on campus in the MSC.&nbsp; It is Aggie-owned, and a portion of each sale is returned to Texas A&amp;M to be reinvested in student services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What can you expect when purchasing from 12<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Man Technology?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Exclusive protection plans designed for the college student, including some with theft protection<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Certified technicians for repairs and service<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Students checking in a device for repair that was purchased at 12<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Man Technology receive:\n<ul>\n<li>FREE Loaner during repair (terms apply, see associate for details)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Priority Service<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"btn-wrapper \">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"btn \" href=\"https:\/\/shop.12thManTechnology.com\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShop 12th Man Technology\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-personal-laptop-support\">Personal Laptop Support<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"help-desk-central\">Help Desk Central<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Texas A&amp;M Division of IT Help Desk can provide hardware\/software support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"btn-wrapper \">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"btn \" href=\"https:\/\/it.tamu.edu\/help\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHelp Desk Central\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"resource_audience":[29,30],"resource_category":[37],"resource_department":[108],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.12 (Yoast SEO v20.12) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Computer Requirements - Texas A&amp;M University College of Performance, Visualization &amp; 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