RIT - Department of Computer Engineering

PC Computer Recommendations

Owning your own computer is not required at RIT, however, it is a very good tool to have. The CE department minimum recommendations for PC systems are listed below.

Laptop

Processor: Pentium M / Core AMD	1.6 Ghz 1.8 Ghz
Memory	1024 MB
Hard Disk	80 GB
Video Memory	128 MB

Desktop

Processor: Pentium Core 2 AMD	1.8 Ghz 2.0 Ghz
Memory	2048 MB
Hard Disk	120 GB
Video Memory	128 MB

If you are an Apple user, most of the current Apple machines are acceptable. The new Intel based machines are particularly nice in that one can run both OS-X and Windows on them.

There are many other options when purchasing a machine. If you have any questions, please call the System Administrator at 585-475-5843 or use email.