Bring your own device (BYOD)
Wintec is moving to an innovative model of teaching and learning. As part of this initiative, student learning activities will be undertaken in flexible, adaptable and agile learning environments.
Students in the following programmes are encouraged to bring their own device (a laptop):
- Bachelor of Applied Information Technology
- New Zealand Diploma in Information Technology Technical Support
- New Zealand Certificate in Information Technology
- Electrical Engineering Level 3
Having a portable device will enable personalised learning in a variety of individual and collaborative settings throughout your student learning journey. If you don’t have your own laptop, you will be able to use a Wintec loan laptop as required.
Please note: These are the minimum requirements for new devices that will be supported by Wintec.
Wintec will not be responsible for any liability, performance or access issues that may arise on devices with lesser specifications than those listed below.
Students are responsible for providing their own anti-virus software.
IT support
During your studies you can access the following support with your laptop:
- IT services team (during business hours for help with accessing and logging in to Moodle, signing in and downloading Office 365, accessing the Outlook web app)
- An online help centre
Wintec will provide the following software free of charge
- Office 365 subscription with 1TB of OneDrive storage (the cost of purchasing Microsoft Windows is not covered by Wintec)
Recommended laptop specifications for IT students
These specifications are for students studying the following programmes:
- Bachelor of Applied Information Technology
- New Zealand Diploma in Information Technology Technical Support
- New Zealand Certificate in Information Technology
Device type | Laptop |
Operating system | Windows 10 or 11 |
Processor (CPU) | Processor (CPU) 7th Generation Intel i5 or above, Ryzen 5 2000 series or above, with virtualisation support. 4 Cores or more recommended |
RAM | 8 GB or more |
Minimum display resolution | 15.6 inch display or larger |
Wi-fi capability | IEEE 802.11ac, wifi 5+ |
Storage | 500GB HDD SSD Recommended |
Graphics for multimedia modules (optional) | Dedicated Graphics for the multimedia stream and the Games Development module in the programming stream (suitable for Godot and Blender, eg GTX 1050/1650 or newer). Note: Wintec has a multimedia computer lab that can be used for GPU intensive modules |
Wintec will provide the following software free of charge:
- Microsoft Imagine which provides free Windows Desktop, Server, Visual Studio Enterprise, Visio, Project, SQL server and more (IT students only)
- VMware workstation pro (IT students only)
Recommended laptop specifications for Trades students
These specifications are for students studying the following programmes:
Device type | Laptop |
Operating system | Windows 10 Pro 64 bit |
Processor (CPU) | Intel i5 and above (or equivalent eg AMD) with virtualisation support |
RAM | 8GB or more |
Minimum display resolution | 15.6 inch display or larger |
Wi-fi capability | IEEE 802.11ac |
Storage | 500GB HDD SSD Recommended |
SSD capacity | 256GB |