Without a laptop program, procedures will change in the 09-10 school year
Ananda Rochita
Issue date: 4/1/09 Section: News
News of the end of the Dell program brought anger, joy, and also frustration to students who spent the money. However, many students are now wondering what procedures they have to go through in the 2009 to 2010 school year with their current laptops or future ones they may buy this summer.
Information Technology informed us at the beginning of February that the Dell program will be discontinued due to financial issues and also for the benefits of the students' needs. Because of this, IT announced that the school's network will be compatible with computers that were not provided by the school.
"Students who bring their own laptops will have their laptops scanned using a program that they'll download with our network," SGA representative for IT and senior Ralph Jones said. "This program will check to see whether people's antivirus and windows are up to date."
Students who have their laptops scanned and have their antivirus approved will then be able to log on to the network and use to wireless and wired networks on campus.
Some students who discovered the news of the end of the Dell program have already made plans to buy new computers in the summer.
"I live off campus right now and my roommate already bought a Macbook because of the changes that are happening next year," sophomore Joe Recchiuti said. "I am thinking of getting a new laptop as well that has more memory to suit my needs, but I wanted to make sure that there isn't a catch with the adjustments of next year."
Although Macbooks are known in the technology world for not breaking down and having a strong Firewall to protect it from viruses, they will still need antivirus software installed such as Symantec before being allowed on the school network.
"We need laptops to all have antivirus software to prevent the spread of viruses to other computers," Jones said.
One other change that IT will be making is that the Terrace will start to have additional wireless access points as the renovations continue to progress.
As for now, that is the only update given from IT, but more information will be announced as this school year is coming to a close.
Information Technology informed us at the beginning of February that the Dell program will be discontinued due to financial issues and also for the benefits of the students' needs. Because of this, IT announced that the school's network will be compatible with computers that were not provided by the school.
"Students who bring their own laptops will have their laptops scanned using a program that they'll download with our network," SGA representative for IT and senior Ralph Jones said. "This program will check to see whether people's antivirus and windows are up to date."
Students who have their laptops scanned and have their antivirus approved will then be able to log on to the network and use to wireless and wired networks on campus.
Some students who discovered the news of the end of the Dell program have already made plans to buy new computers in the summer.
"I live off campus right now and my roommate already bought a Macbook because of the changes that are happening next year," sophomore Joe Recchiuti said. "I am thinking of getting a new laptop as well that has more memory to suit my needs, but I wanted to make sure that there isn't a catch with the adjustments of next year."
Although Macbooks are known in the technology world for not breaking down and having a strong Firewall to protect it from viruses, they will still need antivirus software installed such as Symantec before being allowed on the school network.
"We need laptops to all have antivirus software to prevent the spread of viruses to other computers," Jones said.
One other change that IT will be making is that the Terrace will start to have additional wireless access points as the renovations continue to progress.
As for now, that is the only update given from IT, but more information will be announced as this school year is coming to a close.
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Student
posted 5/23/09 @ 12:59 AM EST
I would say if you wanted to get around BS from pain in the butt computer restrictions all you have to do is get a SPOOFER program. They are very easy to get if someone googled, "PC spoofer" or "Mac Spoofer", depending if they had a PC or MAC. (Continued…)
Washington DC Movers
posted 7/17/09 @ 3:49 PM EST
That is a solution, though I'm sure it's not something the school would suggest. One thing to note about your article is that Macs don't have a strong firewall that protects them from viruses, it's just that most viruses are written for Windows systems since Windows is by far the most used operating system in the world so the viruses have a better chance of infecting the most computers. (Continued…)
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