The College recommends that all laptops used by students meet the minimum specifications to enable suitability for curriculum based activities. College ICT technicians will make every effort to enable connectivity of devices which meet these minimum specifications, assuming there are no technical or other issues outside of their control.
All students will need local admin access to the machine for the initial on-boarding (connecting). They will also need any software that has been installed to limit their access turned off/removed for the connection to be successful.
The computer specifications will largely be determined by the classes that the student is in and the software required. Students enrolled in Senior Graphics, ICT, Media or Film & TV subjects are recommended to purchase a device with a dedicated video card – high end devices. These high end devices would be used to support programs such as Autodesk, the Adobe suite. See Minimum Specifications for full subject list requirements.
Not Supported/ Not Acceptable Devices:
- ChromeBooks just dont work and will not be supported.
- Jailbroken iPads will not be accepted as BYOxLink devices, they are too big a security risk.
- Android devices are not supported as they are incompatible with our network and are a security risk.
- Windows 10 S is not compatible with our system and will not be accepted as it will not connect. Please see this link for help changing out of this mode.
- Windows Copilot machines are not currently supported, we dont know if they will be in the future, but they are best avoided to be sure.