Incoming Students Start Careers With Wireless-enabled Laptops
More than 97 percent of incoming students who bought pre-configured
computers through Dartmouth opted for wireless-enabled laptops that can take
advantage of the ubiquitous network environment.
The number comes as a pleasant surprise for folks working at the annual
Computer Distribution Day on Tuesday, September 16 — there won't be quite so
many monitor and CPU boxes to carry out of the tent and down to the residence
halls.
It also indicates an ongoing, high level of awareness regarding the benefits
of Dartmouth's ubiquitous wireless network, which was turned on in the spring
of 2001. Last year, 89 percent of the Class of 2006 selected a laptop; 70
percent went with laptops in the 2001 distribution.
The proportion of Macintosh and Windows machines remains steady this year.
Of the nearly 1,000 computers that will be handed out this year, 21 percent
will be Apples, the remainder, Dells. That proportion is essentially the same
as last year (20 percent Apple).
The ratio of Macintosh to Windows computers among incoming students
flip-flopped in four years: the Class of 2002, which entered in 1998, was 13
percent Windows, 87 percent Macintosh.
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