Computer Requirements

All Murray State College online students are required to have an Internet e-mail account and to be able to use a web browser. If you combining online courses and on-campus courses, the MSC computer labs provide the computer for your use. It is strongly recommended that you have your own computer rather than relying on computers at the MSC Campus that are not available to you on weekends or after 9:00 evenings. Your particular course may also have additional special requirements such as special software that runs on your computer, which may or may not entail additional hardware needs.

Windows PC and Macintosh General Requirements

Preferred PC Requirements	Minimum PC Requirements
Hardware	Hardware
Pentium-500 MHz or higher	Pentium-133 MHz (a faster processor will speed display time)
128 MB RAM or more.	32 MB RAM (more memory will speed display time)
Multimedia capability (sound card and speakers)	Multimedia capability (sound card and speakers are optional.)
56K BPS modem or faster connection	28.8 BPS modem (This will be fairly slow but usable)
Software Which Plugins and Add-ons are needed depends on the course. If you have them, then you know you are ready for anything.	Software Which Plugins and Add-ons are needed depends on the course. If you have them, then you know you are ready for anything.
Windows 95 or 98/2000/ME	Windows 95
America Online 5.0 or above	America Online 4.x
Real Player G2 (free download)	Real Player G2 (free download)
Quick Time (free download)	Quick Time (free download)
Windows Media Player (free download)	Windows Media Player (free download)
Shockwave Player and Flash Player (free download)	Shockwave Player and Flash Player (free download)
Snapshot Viewer for Access 2000 (free download)	Snapshot Viewer for Access 2000 (free download)
PowerPoint Viewer (free download)	PowerPoint Viewer (free download)

Preferred PC Requirements

Minimum PC Requirements

Preferred Mac Requirements

Minimum Mac Requirements

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