Laptops at Babson
Undergraduate Laptop Program
Babson is entering its tenth year of providing laptops to undergraduate students. For those ten years, we have partnered with IBM and Lenovo, the leading vendor of business laptops and a leader in the adoption of laptops in higher education. ThinkPads are known for their durability, high quality, and excellent support. Your laptop can be a great aid to your studies, and it’s beneficial to take a little time and get to know it.
2009 Hardware Platform
This year’s ThinkPad T400s has the following specifications:
- Intel® Core 2 Duo Processor SP9400 (2.4 GHz), 6-MB L2 cache
- 2 GB DDR3 Memory
- 120 GB, 5400 RPM Hard Drive
- 14.1" Widescreen WXGA+ Slim LED Backlight LCD with integrated Web Cam
- Intel Integrated Graphics 4500MHD
- Multiburner Slim CD-RW/DVD-RW Drive
- 1 GB wired Ethernet networking
- Built-in wireless networking using the 802.11 b/g standard (Wi-Fi)
- Built-in Bluetooth
- Lithium Ion 6 Cell Battery
- Finger Print Security
- Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3
MBA Laptop Program Babson College offers MBA students the opportunity to purchase a high powered ThinkPad T400s at a special discount price. We have worked with Lenovo to give the MBA students aggressive pricing on a Babson standard laptop. If you choose to purchase this laptop you not only receive substantial discounts on a T400s ThinkPad but you will also be eligible for full hardware and software support from the Babson IT Service Center.
The Babson Network
With over 9000 network ports on campus and wireless access points in every building, you are rarely far from a network connection. Our wired network supports access speeds up to 100 Mb/sec while our wireless network supports speeds up to 54 Mb/sec.
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