In order to offer students the best experience possible with BYOD, the School City of Hobart has developed a list of requirements and recommendations.

NETWORK ACCESS - REQUIREMENTS
Devices MUST have the following OS versions in order to connect to the School City of Hobart wireless network (WPA2 802.1x PEAP v0 authentication).

• Windows XP SP2 or better
• Windows Vista (any version)
• Windows 7 (any version)
• Mac OSX 10.3 (Panther) or better
• iPod Touch iOS 4.0 or better
• iPad iOS 4.0 or better

Note:  iPhone 1 and 2 or Blackberry phones are not supported.

HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS - RECOMMENDATION
Most of the School City of Hobart’s software is web-based and will run on most pieces of hardware.  However, for best results, we recommend the following:

• CPU - Dual/Multi-Core Processor, 2GHz or higher
• Memory - 4 GB
• Hard Drive - 250 GB or more
• Optical Drive - DVD Burner or CD-RW/DVD-R  for media creation
• USB - multiple USB 2.0 ports
• Display - 14” minimum
• Video - Video Card with 128 MB or more
• Wireless - 802.11g/n
• Operating System - Windows 7 or Mac OSX
• Battery - Recommend extended battery or backup battery if possible

ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE - RECOMMENDATION
The School City of Hobart STRONGLY recommends the use of an antivirus software on all devices with up-to-date virus definitions.  A list of free antivirus programs can be found in the Software & Codecs section.

SOFTWARE CODECS AND APPS - RECOMMENDATION
The School City of Hobart recommends keeping all codec software up-to-date on all devices in order to run web-based software.  These codecs include Shockwave, Flash, Java, etc.  A list of these codecs, along with links to recommended software and apps, can be found in the Software & Codecs section. 

 

 
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