Notebook Program: Fall 2010 Minimum Required Specifications

If you will be bringing your own notebook computer to Landmark College for the Fall 2010 semester, it must meet the following specifications:

• Operating System Options (you must be able to run Windows):
  • Apple computer w/ Boot Camp running a supported version of Microsoft Windows from this list (Landmark does not provide the Windows OS or installation support)
  • Windows XP Home or Professional
  • Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, & Ultimate. (Vista Home Basic not fully supported)
  • Windows 7 Home Premium, Business, & Ultimate. (Vista Home Basic not fully supported)
• 1.5 GHz Processor & 2GB RAM Minimum
• 80GB hard drive with 20GB of available space
• DVD drive (DVD burner strongly recommended)
• Ethernet & Wireless

Required Software

Even if you are bringing your own notebook computer to the College, there are three software programs required for coursework, which can be purchased when you arrive:

1. Microsoft Office Professional  License** $19
2. Inspiration (visual mapping software) $30
3. One of our approved text readers:
   Texthelp Read Write Gold $227 or
   Kurzweil Professional Color $227
4. Two Novell products—Netware Client and GroupWise Client—that are licensed by Landmark for campus network access and email (No charge)
5. Anti-Virus software is available to all students at no charge

**Important note: Under the conditions of our campus agreement, the Microsoft product is licensed to students during the period of their enrollment at Landmark. If a student graduates, he or she is granted perpetual use rights by Microsoft. The purchase does not include the disks for Office Professional and does not allow the product to be reinstalled once the student leaves the college. All other software products include the installation disks and are owned by the student.

Recommended Software

Dragon Naturally Speaking Preferred v11 (voice-recognition) software with a quality headset at a cost of $100.00.

Landmark Network Access

All personal notebooks must be registered before internet access is granted.  Students will be asked to turn in their computers for registration when they arrive on campus.  If a notebook does not meet the minimum requirements, it will not be registered and no network or internet access will be granted.

Service and repairs are not available to owners of personal, non-Package notebooks.  Accordingly, with the limited exception of connectivity issues, viruses and spyware cleanup, any problems with personal, non-Package notebooks are the responsibility of the student. ITS will not violate warranty conditions that are set by the manufacturer to troubleshoot or repair these notebooks.  There are computer repair shops nearby that can assist students that brought their own computers.

Tina LaFlam
Manager of Technical Support Services
(802) 387-6800
notebooks@landmark.edu