Notebook Specifications

Although Information Technology Services does not officially endorse a particular brand or model, the following minimum hardware specifications serve as guidelines to help incoming law students with the purchase of their laptop computers. We strongly recommend a three-year warranty to ensure any notebook is adequately covered during the student's attendance at the UC Irvine School of Law.

Minimum Laptop Requirements

CPU processor > 1 Ghz Pentium III or greater
RAM 1 Gb of RAM or greater
Hard Drive Capacity At least 20 Gb of Hard Drive space or greater
Operating System Windows XP (32-bit only) or Windows Vista/7 (32-bit or 64-bit), Macintosh 10.6 or greater
Internet Access Wired RJ45 Connection and/or Wireless Wi-Fi connection