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== System Requirements ==
 
== System Requirements ==
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'''Departmental Drive ("T" Drive)'''<br>
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'''Storage'''<br>
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All CoE faculty and staff have access to \\share\coe.  This is normally mapped to the letter T and hence referred to as the "T drive".<br>
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We recommend a minimum of 80gb of free storage space to install Windows.  Windows needs approx. 40gb to run well and additional space is needed for applications. Windows cannot be run from an external drive.<br>
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All departmental data should be stored here.
 
  
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'''User Drive'''<br>
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'''Memory (RAM)'''<br>
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All ua-net user accounts have access to \\home\{first letter of username}\{username} (example: if username is jsmith, then path is \\home\j\jsmith).
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Windows requires a minimum of 4gb of RAM.  If you only have 4gb of memory on your Mac then your only option for running Windows is via Bootcamp since Windows will need all available memory leaving none for the Mac. If you have 8gb or more of RAM then you also have the option of running Windows in a VM and alloting half of the RAM to Windows.
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This is used for storage of personal user data and is normally mapped to the letter U and referred to as the "U drive".<br>
 
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Departmental data should not be stored here.
 
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'''Lab/project folders'''<br>
 
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Faculty and students can access lab or project folders on \\labfs.ua-net.ua.edu\share\{project}<br>
 
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The faculty member in charge of the lab or project can request access by emailing support@eng.ua.edu and including the myBama userids of users requiring access.
 
  
 
== Bootcamp vs VM ==
 
== Bootcamp vs VM ==

Revision as of 19:57, 17 September 2019

Why would you want Windows on a Mac

Many Engineering software packages only run on Windows. Some of the most common include ChemCAD, Civil-3D, Revit, Solidworks, and Microsoft Project & Visio.

System Requirements

Storage
We recommend a minimum of 80gb of free storage space to install Windows. Windows needs approx. 40gb to run well and additional space is needed for applications. Windows cannot be run from an external drive.

Memory (RAM)
Windows requires a minimum of 4gb of RAM. If you only have 4gb of memory on your Mac then your only option for running Windows is via Bootcamp since Windows will need all available memory leaving none for the Mac. If you have 8gb or more of RAM then you also have the option of running Windows in a VM and alloting half of the RAM to Windows.

Bootcamp vs VM

Windows 10

  1. Make sure computer is on the campus network (wired or wifi) or via VPN.
  2. Open file explorer and navigate to "This PC" on the left.
  3. Select the tab at the top labelled "Computer".
  4. Select "Map Network Drive".
  5. Select the drive letter. This is personal preference but normally we use T, U, L, or P.
  6. Enter the shared folder path (example: \\share.ua-net.ua.edu\coe).
  7. Check reconnect at sign-in and click "Finish".
  8. The network drive should be now mapped and show up in file explorer.


Mac

  1. Make sure computer is on the campus network (wired or wifi) or via VPN.
  2. Select "Go" in the finder menu bar at the top center of the screen
  3. Select "Connect to Server"
  4. Enter the name of your server as smb://{your drive name} (example: smb://share.ua-net.ua.edu/coe)
  5. Select "Connect"
  6. Enter the domain as ua-net, your ua-net userid and password (normally the same as your myBama credentials).
  7. Select "OK"
  8. The share will appear on the desktop.
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