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title: "Computer & Technical Requirements"
type: "wiki"
space: "School of Software Design & Data Science"
author: "Dylan Manley"
created: 2022-10-21T19:28:05Z
updated: 2023-11-24T17:09:59Z
url: "https://students.senecapolytechnic.ca/spaces/15/school-of-software-design-data-science/wiki/view/7776/computer-technical-requirements"
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# Computer & Technical Requirements

#### Computer Requirements for SDDS Programs: 

The minimum requirements if you are purchasing or have a laptop or desktop to use in our programs are a Windows, Mac or Linux computer, laptop preferred, with an i5 processor, 8 GB of ram and a 256GB SSD.

Our recommended configuration is an i7 or M! processor, 16GB of ram and a 512 SSD.

We recommend using a Windows computer if you are in one of the programs \(CPA/CPP/BSA/BSD/DSA/DAD\) that include a lot of programming courses, because our default IDE \(integrated Development Environment\) is *Visual* *Studio*, which only includes a C/C++ compiler in the Windows version, the MAC version does not include the required components. You may use a Mac, but you will not be able to use *Visual Studio* and will be responsible for learning one of the IDEs available, usually *Xcode* or *Visual* *Studio* *Code*.

- **[*Technical Requirements for Online Learning*](https://www.senecacollege.ca/student-services-and-support/technical-requirements-for-online-learning.html)**