Technology requirements for Bachelor of Design

• A desktop / laptop computer.
• 13” Laptop 2560-by-1600 / 24” Desktop, 4480-by-2520 resolution.
• A mouse. Laptop users will still require a mouse. Apple mouse or quality equivalent recommended.
• Broadband internet connection with 50GB+ data plan.
• A digital camera is required for DCO10004 Photography for Design. A point and shoot camera, also known as a compact digital camera, or a DSLR, an entry level model is sufficient.
• Adobe Creative Cloud subscription – free to Swinburne Online Students.

Also recommended:

• External desktop hard drive for Time Machine back up.
• A basic A4 or A3 inkjet printer.

Mac OS

• Multicore Intel® processor with 64-bit support or M1 Apple Silicon processor.
• MacOS Sierra (version 10.12) and later | Big Sur 11.0 (Apple M1 silicon).
• 8 – 16GB RAM minimum.
• 256GB of available hard-disk space. (You may use an external hard-disk drive if you need additional space).

Note: The Creative Cloud desktop app won’t install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system.

Windows

• Intel®, AMD, or ARM processor with 64-bit support.
• Windows 10 (64-bit).
• 16GB RAM minimum.
• 256GB of available hard-disk space. (You may use an external hard-disk drive if you need additional space).

For further information on Adobe system requirements please visit the Adobe Creative Cloud page.