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Low Residency Program Format - Computer Requirements

Hardware	PC	Mac
Processor	Pentium class, 400MHz or higher	G3, Mac OS X-compatible or faster
Memory	128 MB RAM (PC or Mac)
Hard Drive	254 MB of available space (115 MB of that on the drive where the operating system is installed)
Monitor	800 x 600 screen with 256 colors MINIMUM; 1024 x 768, millions of colors recommended
CD or DVD Drive	at least 4 x speed (PC or Mac) with read/write capabilities - for transferring files and storing valuable school work (a USB flash drive is also fine for this purpose)

 

Software	PC	Mac
Operating System	Microsoft Windows XP, or later	Mac OS X version 10.3 or later
Internet Browser	One of the following: Microsoft IE 6.0 SP 1 or SP 2 (Windows XP SP 2) Firefox 1.0 or 1.5 Mozilla 1.7	One of the following: Safair 1.2, 1.3, or 2.x (including Intel x86 platform) Firefox 1.0 or 1.5 Mozilla 1.7

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