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The current standard laptop specs for new purchases are:

**Engineers and UCD**
- 14‐inch MacBook Pro
- MacBook Pro (14 inch)
- Apple M3 with 8-core CPU, 10-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine
- 16GB unified memory
- 512GB SSD storage

Please note that you can only have 1 external monitor set up with this laptop. We will be changing to M3 Pro chips which allow 2 external monitors.

OR

- ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 11 14 inch
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- Windows or Linux

**All other roles**
- Air M1 (13 inch)
- Apple M1 chip with 8‐core CPU, 7‐core GPU and 16‐core Neural Engine
- Air M2 (13 inch)
- Apple M2 chip with 8‐core CPU, 10‐core GPU and 16‐core Neural Engine
- 16GB unified memory
- 256GB SSD storage

You may have or receive a laptop with a slightly different spec - these are older machines which are still within the 3 or 4 year replacement period (see below).

Standard laptop specs will be reviewed annually, and as and when Apple change their specs. The last review was December 2023.
Standard laptop specs will be reviewed annually, and as and when Apple change their specs. The last review was March 2024.

If there is an issue with your laptop please email [it@madetech.com](mailto:it@madetech.com)

## Laptop replacement cycles

**Engineers and UCD** - laptops are replaced every 3 years, according to the age of the individual laptop, not how long a user has had it.
**Engineers and UCD** - laptops are currently replaced every 3 years, according to the age of the individual laptop, not how long a user has had it. This will be changing to every 4 years for laptops with an M3 Pro chip.

**All other roles** - laptops are replaced every 4 years, according to the age of the individual laptop, not how long a user has had it.

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