Recommended System Requirements

Recommended Computer System Requirements

The following are recommended guidelines for personal computers used for coursework in the Computer Information Science department based on the software requirements of the major courses.

All CIS/CSC/IT
Supported Operating Systems	Windows 11 version 21H2 or higher: Home, Pro, Pro Education, Pro for Workstations, Enterprise, and Education Windows 10 version 1909 or higher: Home, Professional, Education, and Enterprise. macOS Mojave 10.14: Community, Professional, and Enterprise. macOS High Sierra 10.13: Community, Professional, an Enterprise. Windows is preferred. ARM-based MACs cannot run a lot of our software.
Hardware	1.8 GHz or faster processor. Quad-core or better recommended 8 GB of RAM; 16 GB of RAM recommended Hard disk space: Minimum of 800MB up to 210 GB of available space, depending on features installed; typical installations require 20-50 GB of free space. Hard disk speed: to improve performance, install Windows and Visual Studio on a solid-state drive (SSD). Video card that supports a minimum display resolution of 720p (1280 by 720); Visual Studio will work best at a resolution of WXGA (1366 by 768) or higher.
Additional Requirements	Administrator rights are required to install Visual Studio. .NET Framework 8.0 Internet Explorer 11 or Edge is required for internet-related scenarios. Some features might not work unless these, or a later version, are installed. Additional browsers such as Chrome are handy
Mobile Development
Additional Requirements	Universal Windows app development, including designing, editing, and debugging, requires Windows 10. Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, and Windows Server 2012 R2 may be used to build Universal Windows apps from the command line. Xamarin.Android requires a 64-bit edition of Windows and the 64-bit Java Development Kit (JDK). PowerShell 3.0 or higher is required on Windows 7 SP1 to install the Mobile Development with C++, JavaScript, or .NET workloads. Xamarin.iOS requires Apple's Xcode IDE and iOS SDK. (Mac Only)
Video Game Development
Hardware	· CPU: SSE2 instruction set support. · GPU: Graphics card with DX10 (shader model 4.0) capabilities.

All software packages required for courses in the CIS degree programs are available through OTC for no cost. Instructions available through your course instructor.