My eldest went to Washington State, and she had to order a laptop for Dell. It came with the features the University wanted, and joined the network the first time she turned it on. It was pretty slick actually. I was impressed. She didn't get a single virus until she moved off-campus. To be honest, I am not sure she actually turned the thing on more than once a week before she moved off campus.
--- michael dolan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From the Email on LSU ITinfo, I can't tell if they > are saying every LSU > student will have to have a laptop, and every > windows laptop will need > to have AD, or if every student will need to buy a > windows laptop. > Can anyone who went to the meeting clarify this? > I don't really see how they are going to make this > jive with the graphic > design dept requirement of a mac laptop for every > one of their students. > They have been talking about this for a while now, > and I just don't see > how it would be enforceable. Would you have to buy > a laptop through the > university? On the first day of every freshman > class would you have to > show your laptop to your professors? Would you need > to show up at a > designated time and place to show someone from OCS > your laptop, and turn > it on so they could see it was a windows machine? > I just don't see how this would be enforceable. I'm > currently a student > and an employee of LSU, and the school itself is > just way too > unorganized to enforce something like this. Pass a > rule, yes, I can see > them doing that. There are many ways one could get > out of this. Dual > boot, don't go to class the first day, don't take > any 1000 level classes > your first semester, borrow a friends laptop, etc... > > As for the whole AD thing, again I don't see them > actually enforcing > it. But, on a personal note, I really didn't > understand why the > department I work for refuses to use AD (or set up > antivirus software or > windows update correctly). There is no reason I can > see other than job > security for admins coming down and heroically > saving the computers > every time one of the unpatched and unupdated > machines gets a virus. We > actually need AD. I'm sure this is not the case in > other departments, > but in mine, I welcome it. Rules are made to be > broken. Hopefully if > an admin who knows what they are doing breaks the > rule and can explain > why, OCS will let them go. > > Just my 2 cents, > Michael > > Shannon Roddy wrote: > > >> > > > > This was taken from an LSU posting today: > > > >> > >>> IT-Folks, > >>> > >>> For the benefit of my own department, I prepped > a very brief set of > >>> notes > >>> (attached) to summarize today's meeting. > >> > >> > >> <I snipped this from his notes> > >> > >> Topic: Laptop program > >> LSU is exploring a laptop requirement for > students at LSU. This would > >> work > >> in tandem with the likelihood that ALL Windows > computers at LSU will be > >> required to be an "Active Directory" participant. > Active Directory is a > >> Windows server component that centralizes > resources. It is seen as a > >> necessary > >> step toward securing the LSU network. > >> > >> </snip> > > > > > > As a full time systems administrator for Caltech > and a part time > > student at LSU, I would emphatically protest the > requirement to have a > > windows laptop as part of my enrollment. A laptop > requirement is > > fine, but *I* should be able to choose the OS, > especially if I have to > > buy the damn thing. Linux may not be the answer, > but I have found OS > > X to have the best of both worlds, especially for > a student. I wonder > > if I could sue the university? Hmm... laptop > enters campus, gets > > infected, I get home and it infects my network... > You get the idea. > > I think LSU has enough problems with Windows worms > floating around > > without 20,000+ students bringing them in from > home. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net ===== Warmest Regards, Doug Riddle An opptimist thinks the glass is half full. A pessimist thinks it is half empty. A realist knows that someone is going to have to wash the glass. I am a realist. I buy plastic drink cups. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover
