TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM
HARDWARE
These are our minimum and recommended hardware specifications. Any work on hardware below the minimum specification may incur additional charges. Our recommended hardware section details what we believe works best for clients. Using hardware at this level ensures the day to day activities are working smoothly and will have a longer productive life. Hardware below this typically runs slower, and needs replacing sooner. We update this list over time to keep pace with changing best practices.
Minimum Specification
Processor: Intel i5, generation 7 or higher
Ram: 8GB
Hard drive: 256GB SSD
Recommended Specification
Processor: Intel i5, generation 9 or higher
Ram: 16GB
Hard drive: 512GB SSD
SOFTWARE
In a world full of software options, there is a core set of software applications we believe keeps clients working best. We install these on fresh computer setups and provide active support to keep them running. Clients often use 'line of business' products not listed below. To find out if we support what you're using, give us a call as there are some software applications which will incur further charges. We update this list over time to keep pace with changing best practices.
- Operating System
- Windows 11 Pro
- Microsoft Software
- Office Suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook)
- Teams
- OneDrive sync
- Web Browsers
- Microsoft Edge
- Firefox
- Google Chrome
- Brave
- Antivirus
- Microsoft 365 Defender
- Other:
- Adobe Software
- FileZilla
- TeamViewer