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 The Mobile Computing Program offers a complete laptop package including a state-of-the-art Lenovo ThinkPad loaded with a special suite of software ready for your Rensselaer course work and specially configured for easy connection to the Rensselaer network.
The benefits of participating in RPI’s Mobile Computing Program include: value, commonality, appropriateness, and service and support.
Currently, in partnership with Lenovo, we are able to offer this laptop package at a substantially discounted price via purchase or lease. You will receive the greatest value for your dollar and on-campus repair and consulting facilities to help you get the most out of your laptop.
All undergraduates are required to have a laptop computer that meets Rensselaer specifications.
The laptop computers are currently used in Math, Computer Science, Physics, Introduction to Engineering Analysis, and Freshmen Studies. Additional laptop courses are being planned.
MBA students in the Lally School of Management & Technology are also required to have laptop computers.
Why Rensselaer’s Gone Mobile
No matter where you are, you will be able to:
- use e-mail to converse with family and friends, professors and classmates,
- access the Internet to complete research assignments and explore new ideas,
- access a wide variety of software applications that will meet the demands of your curriculum, and
- participate in computer-enhanced instruction, where learning will evolve from the interaction of material, instructor, and classmates.
You can connect your laptop computer to the network in the more than 24 classrooms around the campus wired for laptops, and at any of the hundreds of laptop jacks in public areas, including Folsom Library, the Voorhees Computing Center (VCC), the Student Union, and other study spaces around campus.
Wireless access is available in over 30 buildings across campus such as the VCC, the Student Union, Darrin Communications Center (DCC) Great Hall, Folsom Library, and several classrooms. Service is continually expanding.
In addition, every room in the residence halls has a network connection for each student.
The Mobile Computing Package for Fall 2009 is made up of a Lenovo ThinkPad W500 (at a purchase price of $1,825), a comprehensive software suite, a Kelty laptop carrying case, an ethernet cable, an iClicker personal response unit, and a security cable. The laptop is specially configured for easy connection to the Rensselaer network, and is fully supported by on-campus repair and consulting facilities. Accidental damage protection, in addition to the four-year warranty, completes the package.
2009 Hardware Specifications
- Intel Core 2 Duo T9600 processor at 2.8 GHz
(6 MB L2 cache, 1066 MHz system bus, 64-bit CPU)
- 4 GB 1066 MHz DDR3 RAM (0 open slots)
- 15.4" WSXGA+ 1680 x 1050 display
- 320 GB 7200 RPM hard drive
- 512 MB ATI Mobility FireGL V5700 graphics card
(Switchable to Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500 MHD)
- Ultrabay Slim DVD +- RW/CD-ROM writer
- Gigabit Ethernet network connection
- 802.11a/b/g/n integrated wireless
- 56K V93 modem
- Ports: Three USB 2.0, VGA DB-15, DisplayPort, RJ-11 modem,
RJ-45 Ethernet, 1394 Firewire 400, microphone, headphone
- PC card slot, ExpressCard slot, Multiread card slot
- UltraNav touch pad/TrackPoint pointing device
- Integrated webcam camera
- Fingerprint reader
- Bluetooth
- 9-cell Lithium-ion battery with one-year warranty
Learn more about Rensselaer’s Mobile Computing Program
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