Program Laptop Policy
All students enrolled in MHCID courses are required to have a laptop they can use in classes and for their studies. MHCID recommends the following minimum laptop specifications:
- Intel® Core 2 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor; 2 GHz or faster processor
- 4GB of RAM (8GB recommended)
- 250GB hard drive or larger
- 1024 x 768 display (1280 x 800 recommended) and 512 MB of VRAM (2 GB recommended)
- Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 or Mac OSX version 10.11 (El Capitan) or greater
Some of recommended laptops are:
- MacBook Air/Pro
- Dell Inspiron 5000 Series
- Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook
For information on academic software, please visit the HCDE technical course work and software page.