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Fact: Students check e-mail and Facebook several times a day. This means that it is more convenient to have your own computer. Most students and professors use e-mail as a basic means of communication; the expectation is that you will have gotten the e-mail your professor sent last night and acted on it before class today. As a result, you may become an addictive e-mail-checker like everyone else here. In addition, more and more classes now use the online classroom service Blackboard, which means students frequently have to log on to post assignments and download information. It is still possible to get along without a computer, however, and students who don’t have their own have no problem finding space in public labs. The one exception is during exam time at the end of the semester, when all labs are booked to capacity; however, Davidson has a monitor in each lab that shows which computers are currently available and where they are located, which makes it much easier to find a computer when labs are crowded.

Davidson’s wireless network is generally good, but as students mentioned, it can occasionally be a little sketchy when you venture too far from the buildings. For students that are having problems with their computers, Davidson’s student-staffed ResNet department is willing to help by coming to your dorm room and providing free consultation and repair. As for technology, Davidson just finished constructing two new group study spaces in the Belk computer lab, which makes group projects a lot easier by allowing several students to share a large screen on the wall while still using their individual laptops (or the provided computers). Davidson shows a consistent dedication to providing the most up-to-date technology to its students, and as a result they generally feel that the array of computers and technology is more than sufficient.

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Computers at Davidson College

dancingstar112

'15

Psychology

2.3

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I Hate the Wireless Network.

DavidsonSecure is my enemy. The wireless internet is extremely slow and inconsistent for all of the "upgrades" that IT has said they've undergone. It stops working at least twice a day. The set-up process is also a huge pain in the butt. I do, however, like the PawPrinter system, where you can press print from any computer, simply send it to "PawPrint" and swipe your CatCard at any printer on campus to retrieve your documents.

Dec 16, 2011

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YuSauce

'13

Economics

4.2

A-

Pretty Good

a lot of computers around. you can look up which computers are available online

Dec 05, 2011

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swimstar523

'15

Biology

4.2

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Computers, Printing, and Wifi on Campus

Most students have their own computers with the most popular being Macbook, but there are plenty of computers to use on campus. There are computers located in the library, some dorms, the union, and academic buildings. The computers are dual-boot macs, so you have the choice to use windows or mac. I haven't found the labs to be crowded, but they can be on sundays and during finals week. There is free printing all over campus and it's unlimited. You just swipe your id card. The Wifi is pretty good, but is a little troublesome in some areas of campus.

Nov 13, 2011

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