Student Hardware Requirements

The College supports students in attaining the technical knowledge and equipment necessary to take a web-enhanced traditional, hybrid, and/or online course. IT makes a best effort to support students who are experiencing difficulty using the required technology.

Traditional, hybrid, and online courses and programs are web-based and good computer skills and access to an up-to-date computer and high-speed Internet connection are imperative. Labouré’s web-enhanced traditional, hybrid and online courses require the following minimum hardware and software requirements.

Intel Core i5 processor, AMD Ryzen 5, Apple M1 or newer processor
Full Windows 10/11 (32 bit or 64 bit) or One of the 3 most recent macOS releases (Chrome OS is not supported)
Minimum 8 GB of RAM (16 GB recommended)
Minimum 128 GB of SSD storage (256 GB Recommended)
Tablets and Chromebooks are not supported
Mozilla Firefox (recommended) or Google Chrome
Microsoft Office (provided via your Labouré Microsoft Office 365 account)
Adobe PDF reader (link will be provided to free download)
Broadband Internet connection is recommended
Integrated Web-cam and microphone
Scanner (if required by program)

Most if not all laptops produced in the past 3 - 4 years will meet the requirements above. If you have any questions as to whether your computer meets the requirements above, please reach out to the IT Department for confirmation before you start your course.