<p>Are there any suggestions on any particular computers for on-campus use and does the school offer any discounts on certain computers? Grandparents are wanting to buy student a computer for graduation-wondering about best route to go at Yale. It will be a laptop with wireless.</p>
<p>yeah same question here; I've been looking at the Dell 700m and the iBooks from Apple. I've heard from yale students that they have on campus discounts for both of them, but can anyone confirm this? Where would you buy it at exactly too to get the discount?</p>
<p>if you go to the yale student computing website at <a href="http://www.yale.edu/sc%5B/url%5D">www.yale.edu/sc</a>, there should be a link called "purchase information" that'll take you to a page w/info about buying computers through yale's student discount.</p>
<p>you may need to wait 'til you get your NetID to do this, though - i can't remember whether or not it asks you to log in? anyway, you should get more info about this from yale in a month or two, so don't worry about it yet.</p>
<p>yale recommends either powerbooks/iBooks or dell laptops, since those are the ones that the computing assistants have the most experience servicing, but you may be able to get lower prices on computers from other manufacturers. it's up to you :-P</p>
<p>athena_wiles, I noticed on the Yale computer site that there is a link to free software that Yale provides. However, you need a NetID to access it. Can you post a short list of the software that they give out for free so I won't buy it by mistake before I get my NetID in july?</p>
<p>most of it isn't probably stuff you'd buy yourself anyway, but here you go - </p>
<p>Microsoft Office, Professional Edition: not free, but the student price, around $75, is a hell of a lot better than you'll find anywhere else</p>
<p>Free Stuff (things that are either already free or that Yale has site licenses for):</p>
<p>Email client: Eudora, Thunderbird
Browsers: Netscape Communicator, Firefox, IE, Mozilla
Spyware/Virus protection: Symantec AntiVirus (this is a quasi-mandatory installation for all Yale students, but don't worry about it yourself - the CAs will take care of it when you go have us set up your computer when you come to campus) and SpySweeper
Other stuff: Acrobat Reader, Kerberos, SSH for PCs, Fetch & Fugu for Macs, RealPlayer, various statistical computation packages (but those aren't free)</p>
<p>Thanks :). I was hoping for some pay software for free, but oh well :p. The office deal is rather good though.</p>
<p>Newt ~ though this won't help you too much in the way of obtaining your <em>own</em> copies of certain pieces of software, some of the machines in the main computing clusters have a decent selection, and anyone with a NetID can log in and use the software on these computers. There are usually a few desktop publishing machines, with Photoshop & Illustrator, etc., and most of the cluster computers have mathematica and some other things (can't remember what, though, at the moment). The only thing I use regularly that's not really accessible on Yale machines is DreamWeaver, but I have that one on my computer, so it's all good :-P</p>
<p>Another good (free) piece of software that you might like is 3M's post-it notes. I know Macs come with a built-in sticky note program, but PCs don't, and I've found that it's really nice to be able to leave myself little notes on my desktop that pop up as soon as I start up my computer. That's somewhere on the 3m.com website, but I can't remember where... :-P</p>
<p>Thanks for the info. Yeah, I'm getting a powerbook, so I should be set for sticky programs!</p>
<p>thanks again for the link- it was what I was looking for!</p>
<p>Current students, especially... What laptop would you suggest for a math/science incoming student. To Mac or not to Mac? That is the question.</p>
<p>the microsoft office professional for $75 at Yale, do you get the disks or just a load?</p>
<p>hmmmm, i'm not sure - i think you have to pay ground shipping, which i would assume means they send you the disks, but i wouldn't swear to it. i'll check into it and get back to you in a day or two, after i'm done with finals...</p>
<p>Do many people bring their own printers?</p>
<p>Most everyone we've met has a printer - you can connect to Yale's print site and pay for printing if you prefer</p>
<p>They use mostly IBM thinkpads. My friends dad is an IT guy at Yale, so thats what he says. At least that is what the school provides if you need one at any time.</p>