Requirements for Using Your Own Laptop
If you choose to provide your own laptop, please consider the following information before making that decision.
Note: There is a required yearly fee of $150.00 (details below) for students using their own laptop.
Minimum Hardware / Software Requirements:
• Processor / Speed: Intel Petium-M / 1.5 GHz
• Memory: 512 MB
• Hard Drive: 20 GB
• Network: Internal Wireless 802.11b/g
• Software (provided by Lausanne and included in $150.00 fee):
o Latest Microsoft Office Pro Suite
o Norton Antivirus Corporate Edition
o First Class E-mail Client
Please note: Because of licensing requirements, all software provided by Lausanne must be removed when the student leaves Lausanne.
Other Information:
• No repairs will be made to laptops purchased through sources other than Lausanne
• A loaner will be provided to your child (included in $150.00 fee) if his / her laptop is not operational for any period of time. Loaners kept longer than two weeks incur a daily rental charge of $20.00
A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> on Tuesday, September 25, 2007 at 3:24 PM -0500 wrote:
>Afternoon,
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>What is the general opinion of tech director's and network managers
>regarding nonschool issued laptops to connect to the school's network?
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>Does your school also allow internet access with nonschool issued
>laptops?
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>If your school does allow network access, what policies(please share)do
>you have in place regarding support for these nonschool issued machines?
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>What prerequisites does your school have for the guest machine to
>attach? Antivirus, patches, spyware protection etc.?
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>Thanks for your assistance.
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>Hiram
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>Hiram E. Cuevas
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>Information Systems Coordinator
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>St. Christopher's School
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>711 St. Christopher's Road
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>Richmond, VA 23226
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>www.stchristophers.com
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>804.282.3185 x627
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>804.347.2338
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