Academics: Information Technology
Laptop Details
Hardware
For the 2008–2009 school year, Emma Willard is distributing a Toshiba Portege m700 tablet. The Tablet PC will include 2gb of memory, a 160gb hard drive, and an internal optical drive that reads and writes both CDs and DVDs.
Software (final contents in progress)
- Microsoft Vista
- All of the bundled Microsoft programs, such as Movie Maker, Windows Media Player, etc.
- Microsoft Vista Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
- Firefox browser (a standards-compliant browser that is an alternative to Internet Explorer)
- Various plug-ins and players
- Adobe Reader
- Real Audio Player
- QuickTime Player
- Flash Player
- Pidgen (chat)
- Adobe Photoshop Elements (graphics editor)
- iTunes (music player)
- Vernier's Logger Pro 3 (scientific device interface)
- Google Earth
- Miro (Video Viewer)
- FeedDemon (RSS reader)
- Geometer's Sketchpad
- Picassa (photo organizer)
- Skype (commucations)
- Rosetta Stone (foreign language tutor)
- Vernier's Graphical Analysis 3
- Symantec anti-virus
- Windows Defender (anti-spyware)
Warranty and Insurance
Emma Willard is purchasing three years of warranty and insurance from Toshiba. We will cover the fourth year for any students still enrolled at the school. Most repairs will be done here on campus, and loaners will be available.
