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I am buying a computer. What does MLC require?
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2007-08-31 07:50 AM
You are not required to bring your own computer.
Does MLC require students to have their own laptop computers?
No, there is no reqirement to have a laptop or other computer of your own. There are public computers in all dorms, classroorm buildings, and the library.
If I bring a computer, what does it need to connect to the campus network?
- It needs to have a network interface and a cable to connect it to a wall jack. The cable needs to be a Cat5 ethernet cable; a telephone cable will not work.
- It needs a current operating system: Windows XP (both Home and Pro work), Vista, Linux, or Mac OS X. Win98 and WinME are not supported.
- It needs a current anti-virus program installed, running, and kept updated.
- It needs all security patches applied.
- If you wish to connect to the campus Novell servers, you will need to install the Novell client on your computer. There are free clients from Novell for Windows XP and Linux. The Novell client for Vista is still a beta release. It works, but does not allow printing to the network (iPrint support). A client for Mac is available from Prosoft for $149, but it has not yet been tested on our network. The Novell client is not needed to just connect to the Internet.
How many people have their own computers at MLC?
A little more than half of the students last year had computers connected to the campus network.