**Devices with specs as listed below are recommended, but not compulsory.
***Technical specs are also relevant when buying a laptop.
All IT Courses
Diploma: IT Network Design & Administration,IT Technical Support, IT Cloud Solutions Administrator, IT Cloud Solutions Engineer, Software, App & Games Development
| Motherboard | Intel i5/7 motherboard (supports Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization) |
| CPU | Intel i5/7 2.3 GHz (supports Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization) |
| RAM | 32 GB Memory |
| HDD | 1TB SATA HDD or equivalent |
| Graphics | N/A |
| Monitor | 21’ LCD Flat screen monitor (Laptop – Resolution: 1920 x 1080) |
| Input | USB Mouse, USB Keyboard, DVD Rom |
| Operating System | Windows 10 Pro (64 Bit) |
All Design courses
Graphic Design I & II, Web Development I & II and Diploma: Visual Communication, Higher Certificate: Graphic Design
| Motherboard | Intel i7 (or higher) |
| CPU | Intel i5 (or higher) 2.8 GHz minimum 3.4 GHz Recommended Intel Multi-core Intel processor with 64-bit support or AMD |
| RAM | 16 GB Memory (32 GB Memory for Graphic Design 2nd year, Viscom 2nd and 3rd year) |
| HDD | 500GB SATA |
| Graphics | Graphic card with 4GB* dedicated graphic memory (*6GB recommenced for Graphic Design 2nd Year, Viscom 2nd and 3rd year) |
| Monitor | 23-27’ LCD Flat screen monitor (Laptop – Resolution: 1920 x 1080) (HD) |
| Input | USB Mouse, USB Keyboard, DVD Rom |
| Operating System | Windows 10 Pro (64 Bit) |
*An Adobe Creative Cloud software package is compulsory.
Computer Aided Draughting & Design I & II
| Motherboard | Intel/AMD |
| CPU | Intel i5/AMD Ryzen 5 or higher |
| RAM | 16 GB memory or higher |
| HDD | 500GB SATA/ SSD/M.2 |
| Graphics | Graphic card with 4GB dedicated graphic memory Nvidia or AMD |
| Monitor | 14 to 17 inch for laptop/18.5 to 24 inches for Desktop (resolution: 1920 X 1080 FHD or higher - 4K recommended) |
| Input | USB Mouse, USB Keyboard |
| Operating System | Windows 10 |
All Business and NATED courses
Project Management I & II, Generic Management I & II, Financial Accounting, Office Administration, Entrepreneurship, Business Management and HR Management & Practices, Engineering, Humanities AND Tourism
| Motherboard | Any motherboard will be sufficient |
| CPU | Minimum Intel i3 |
| RAM | 8 GB memory |
| HDD | Any HDD will be sufficient |
| Graphics | N/A |
| Monitor | Any size monitor will be sufficient |
| Input | USB Mouse, USB Keyboard, DVD Rom, network cable port |
| Operating System | Windows 10 |
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