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This guide will walk you through some items you might need while studying in the School of Computing

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  • Timetable: https://www.dcu.ie/ovpaa/timetable-information

  • Printing: dcu.ie/iss/comp-labs/printing.shtml

  • Microsoft Office 365 is now available to all current Dublin City University students free of charge.

  • Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching

    • Registered DCU students can obtain product keys to install Microsoft software on their personal computers
    • Includes Microsoft developer tools, applications (excluding Office), and operating systems.
    • In addition students can obtain Azure credits to explore the capabilities of the cloud with Azure
  • VMware Webstore

    • Students registered on a School of Computing module can obtain product keys to install VMware software on their personal computers

Computer Buying Guide

You do not need to purchase a computer for this course. You can do all of your course work on the lab machine provided.

However should you want to purchase a laptop we would reccommend the following.

  • Type : Windows 10, MacBook
  • Processor: i5 / i7 / M1 / AMD Ryzen 5+
  • RAM: 8GB / 16GB
  • Hard Drive: 256GB / 512GB SSD