Wentworth’s laptop program provides all students and faculty members with laptop computers installed with high-end software customized to meet both the academic requirements and industry demands for their specific major. Architecture and design & facilities students are provided with Mac Book Pro laptops, and students in other academic programs (applied math and science; civil, construction, and environment; computer science and systems; electronics and mechanical; and humanities, social sciences, and management) are provided Lenovo laptops.
The Institute’s laptop program started as a pilot in fall 2004 for freshmen, sophomores, and juniors in the architecture department. In fall 2005, the program was implemented across all majors for all incoming students, requiring the Institute to support Mac and PC platforms. This year (2008) marks the first time that all students are outfitted with laptops.
To ensure that the students have the most updated computers and software, the laptops are refreshed in their junior year, and seniors are able to take their computer with them upon graduation.
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