{"id":4058,"date":"2017-04-27T17:53:39","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T17:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/questromworld.bu.edu\/tech\/?page_id=4058"},"modified":"2023-04-20T17:34:13","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T17:34:13","slug":"laptop-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/questromworld.bu.edu\/tech\/essentials\/laptop-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Laptop Information"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-3n9yay-7ef972018c318a7764caf93c2f383fad\">\n.avia-section.av-3n9yay-7ef972018c318a7764caf93c2f383fad{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/questromworld.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/08\/office_banner.jpg);\nbackground-position:50% 50%;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n.avia-section.av-3n9yay-7ef972018c318a7764caf93c2f383fad .av-section-color-overlay{\nopacity:0.7;\nbackground-color:#0a0a0a;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-3n9yay-7ef972018c318a7764caf93c2f383fad main_color avia-section-large avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  avia-full-stretch avia-bg-style-scroll av-section-color-overlay-active av-minimum-height av-minimum-height-custom av-height-custom  container_wrap fullsize'  data-section-bg-repeat='stretch' data-av_minimum_height_px='450'><div class=\"av-section-color-overlay-wrap\"><div class=\"av-section-color-overlay\"><\/div><div class='container av-section-cont-open' style='height:450px'><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-4058'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lgpedm1t-30145a0a240a9d42bdb68c5a94cb7c24\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-lgpedm1t-30145a0a240a9d42bdb68c5a94cb7c24{\npadding-bottom:10px;\ncolor:#ffffff;\nfont-size:50px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-lgpedm1t-30145a0a240a9d42bdb68c5a94cb7c24 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-lgpedm1t-30145a0a240a9d42bdb68c5a94cb7c24 .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:50px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-lgpedm1t-30145a0a240a9d42bdb68c5a94cb7c24 .special-heading-inner-border{\nborder-color:#ffffff;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-lgpedm1t-30145a0a240a9d42bdb68c5a94cb7c24 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n\n@media only screen and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-lgpedm1t-30145a0a240a9d42bdb68c5a94cb7c24 .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n\n@media only screen and (max-width: 479px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-lgpedm1t-30145a0a240a9d42bdb68c5a94cb7c24 .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-lgpedm1t-30145a0a240a9d42bdb68c5a94cb7c24 av-special-heading-h1 custom-color-heading blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  av-inherit-size'><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Laptop Information<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-4058'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-35gg62-6b15969274bd7d3ae293a4b5596a578e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Introduction<\/h2>\n<p>Questrom recommends that incoming students bring a laptop computer with a minimum of 8GB (16GB preferable, especially on non-upgradable laptops) of memory and 256GB hard drive capacity that is capable of running Windows 8 or higher.<\/p>\n<h2>Microsoft Office<\/h2>\n<p>Our Microsoft Enterprise Agreement Coverage includes the most current and capable edition of <strong>Office<\/strong>\u00a0for PCs &amp; 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