Minimum Specifications for a device
Operation System - Windows 11 or higher
CPU - Intel Pentium Silver N6000 / Intel Celeron N5100 / AMD Athlon Silver 3050e or higher
(Intel
8th Gen i3 / AMD Ryzen 3 3000 series for native Windows 11 support)
RAM - 4GB or higher
Hard drive Space - 128GB or higher
Wireless - WiFi 5 (802.11ac) or higher
Battery - 6 hours or higher
Screen - 11.6" or larger
Features - 2 x USB ports, Head phone port, microphone port, webcam (desirable)
Minimum Specifications for Multi Media or Graphics device
Operation System - Windows 11 or higher CPU - Intel i5 10th Generation and/or AMD Ryzen 5 3500U or higher
RAM - 8GB or higher
Hard drive Space - 256GB or higher
Wireless - WiFi 5 (802.11ac) or higher
Battery - 6 hours or higher
Screen - 11.6" or higher
Features - 2 x USB ports, Head phone port, microphone port, webcam (desirable)
Hewlett Packard and Dell student portal
If you are considering purchasing a new device, Benowa State High School has a BYOD portal for HP and Dell laptops. This portal has a range of devices that would be suitable to use in a school environment as well as warranty for a school used device.
Access Code: BenowaSHS
We are unable to recommend one particular device over another due to our adherence to the 'Public Sector Ethics Act 1994' where we have a 'duty to provide advice which is objective, independent, apolitical and impartial'.