Technology

ISB BYOL Specifications

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The Student BYOL device needs to be a laptop computer with a desktop version of the operating system
The operating system can be either a Microsoft Windows or Mac OS X version.
The laptop needs to have a battery capacity for minimum 3-5 hours of work
The laptop needs to have a dual band Wi-Fi network card, 2.4 & 5 GHz (802.11AGN, preferable 802.11AC)
The BYOL laptop needs to be fully functional (keyboard, screen, Wi-Fi, etc.)
Hardware minimum specifications
- CPU dual-core (preferable quad-core)
- RAM 4 GB (preferable 8 GB)
- preferable SSD drive
- preferable built-in microphone/web camera

The BYOL laptop will need to have mostly open-source and free apps
The school will provide the following licensed application/services
- Google Apps for Education account
- Adobe Creative Cloud Apps
- Antivirus software (if needed)

ISB will provide a loaner laptop to students who have issues (repairs, malfunctions) with their BYOL laptops, for a period maximum up to 5 school days.
ISB IT department will provide only basic tech support and troubleshooting for Student owned laptops.

Devices are brought to school at the students’ and parents’ own risk. In the event that a privately owned device is lost, stolen or damaged, ISB is not responsible for any financial or data loss.
Students should not access the Internet at ISB using any external Internet service including mobile network services (GPRS, 3G & 4G)
No BYOL laptop may be connected to the ISB network by a network cable plugged into a data outlet. Network access is provided via ISB’s Wi-Fi access only.
Students are not permitted and should not have the expectation that they will be able to charge devices at school.
No student shall use any computer or device to illegally collect any electronic data or disrupt networking services

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