| # |
UNIVERSITY NAME |
Campus network |
Wireless access |
Online registration |
Online classes |
Hardware discounts |
Recommended or required gear |
| 1. |
Harvard University |
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IBM; Apple |
Recommends: (PC) Pentium 4, Pentium M, or compatible processor; 256MB RAM; Windows XP; (Mac) G4 or G5 processor; 256MB RAM; OS X; in addition to a wired Ethernet connection, consider adding a wireless Ethernet card (802.11b); an external keyboard and mouse; a cable and locking system for enhanced security |
| 2. |
Princeton University |
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Dell; Apple |
Recommends: Apple iBook, Apple Titanium PowerBook, or Dell Latitude D600 |
| 3. |
Yale University |
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Dell; Apple |
Recommends: (PC) Pentium III, 4, or M processor; Centrino notebook; (Mac) G3 or G4 processor;
256MB RAM; built-in Ethernet or an Ethernet adapter; a Category 5 Ethernet patch cable; Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000, Mac OS 9 or X; security cable for notebook; and 802.11b wireless card |
| 4. |
M.I.T. |
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IBM; Apple; HP; Dell |
Recommended laptops: Apple 12-inch iBook G4 or better; Dell Latitude X300 or better
Recommended desktops: Apple 17-inch eMac G4 or better; Dell Optiplex GX270 or better |
| 5. |
California Institute
of Technology |
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Dell; Gateway; Compaq; Linux |
N/A |
| 6. |
Duke University |
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Dell; Apple; IBM |
Recommends: (PC) Intel Pentium 4-2.8GHz; 512MB RAM; Windows XP; (Mac) iMac G5; 512MB RAM; Mac OS X |
| 7. |
Stanford University |
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Dell; Apple |
Recommends: (PC) 800MHz Intel, AMD, or equivalent microprocessor; Windows Me, 2000, or XP; 128MB RAM; (Mac) PowerPC G3 microprocessor; Mac OS 9 or better; 128MB RAM |
| 8. |
University of
Pennsylvania |
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N/A |
N/A |
| 9. |
Dartmouth College |
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Apple |
N/A |
| 10. |
Washington University
in St. Louis |
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|
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Dell |
Recommends: PC over Mac |
| 11. |
Columbia University |
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|
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Apple; Dell |
No recommendations. but Business, Law, and Health Sciences have specific requirements |
| 12. |
Northwestern University |
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No |
Recommended laptops: (PC) Pentium III or 4; (Mac) PowerBook G4
Recommended desktops: (PC) Pentium 4; (Mac) iMac G4 processor |
| 13. |
University of Chicago |
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No |
Recommends: (PC) Pentium 4-1.8GHz desktop |
| 14. |
Cornell University |
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|
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Apple; Gateway; Dell; IBM |
Recommends: (PC) Windows 2000, in addition to 166MHz Pentium-class processor; or Windows XP, in addition to 233MHz Pentium-class processor; (Mac) OS 9.1 or higher |
| 15. |
Johns Hopkins
University |
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|
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Apple |
Recommends: (PC) Windows 2000 or Windows XP Pro; 2.4GHz or faster |
| 16. |
Rice University |
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|
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Dell; Apple; Sun |
Recommends: (PC) Dell Optiplex GX270; Dell Latitude D400 |
| 17. |
Brown University |
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Dell; Apple |
No recommendations |
| 18. |
Emory University |
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Dell |
Recommends: laptop |
| 19. |
University of Notre
Dame |
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IBM; Gateway; Apple |
N/A |
| 20. |
Vanderbilt University |
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Dell; IBM |
No recommendations but offers special package deals with Dell and IBM |
| 21. |
University of California
at Berkeley |
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Dell; Apple; HP |
N/A |
| 22. |
University of Virginia |
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N/A |
N/A |
| 23. |
Carnegie Mellon
University |
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|
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Apple; IBM |
Recommends: (PC) Celeron or Pentium III; (Mac) 300MHz G3 or G4 or higher |
| 24. |
Georgetown University |
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Dell; Apple; HP |
Recommends: (PC) 512MB RAM or more; P4-class or Pentium M processor for laptops |
| 25. |
University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor |
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Dell; Apple; IBM |
No recommendations but offers package deals on new computers |
| # |
UNIVERSITY NAME |
Campus network |
Wireless access |
Online registration |
Online classes |
Hardware discounts |
Recommended or required gear |
