Recommended Specifications for Employees Purchasing a Personal Computer


These are current recommendations from the Office of Information Technology for employees who are shopping for a personal/home are listed below.  There are recommendations for both PCs and Macs.  

 

*Note, this is not a University purchase, but a helpful guide for employees who want to buy a home PC for their own use and need advice.

 

If you are a student looking for similar information, please see the recommendations provided by your academic college.  These recommendations can be found this Knowledge Base Article.

 

We recommend a 15” laptop if no external monitors are being used and have listed three options based upon budget and desired computing power.

 

PC Recommendations

Budget:

 

Mainstream:

 

High Performance:

 

Mac Recommendations

Budget Model - 13-inch MacBook Air:

 

Main Stream Model - 16-inch MacBook Pro:

 

High Performance Model - 14-inch MacBook Pro - Space Gray: