Required Technology

All students in the MSOT Program at Wilmington College are expected to come prepared with a laptop computer to use in classes. Maintenance of the laptop laptops is the student’s responsibility and an expectation of the department.

Device Types

  • Laptops running Microsoft Windows or Apple macOS are recommended as your primary device
  • Tablets running Windows may be acceptable if it meets requirements below:

Operating system
Windows OS: Windows 10 or 11
macOS: One of the three most recent versions of macOS.

Computer and Processor
Windows OS: 1.6 GHz or faster, 2-core or greater. 2 GHz or greater recommended for video
macOS: Intel processor or Apple M-series of processors (m1, m2…)

Memory
Windows OS: 4 GB RAM or greater
macOS: 4 GB RAM or greater

Hard disk
Windows OS: 10 GB of available disk space or greater
macOS: 10 GB of available disk space or greater

Display
Windows OS: 1280 x 768 screen resolution or greater
macOS: 1280 x 800 screen resolution or greater

Network Connectivity
Wi-Fi capable

Browser
The current version of Microsoft Edge, Safari, or Chrome.