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Wireless Access Yes
Academic Buildings, Administrative Building, Daniel Chapel, Daniel Dining Hall, Daniel Music Building, Duke Library, Earle Infimary, University Center, Limited Access in Residence Halls
24-Hour Labs? Yes
Duke Library
Charged to Print? No
Computer Labs 7 - total
Operating Systems
  • Mac OS X
  • Windows XP

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Most students bring their own computers to campus and use the labs only secondarily. The labs usually have several computers available except during the end of each term. Computer access is an important part of Furman life for communication, research, and entertainment. Many professors use Moodle to post class assignments and discussions, which students are expected to check frequently. E-mail is also an important resource for professors to notify their students of announcements. Crowded labs and a slow network are frustrating at times, but these conditions are not the norm.

The department of computing and information services does its best to serve the needs of students. There is at least one computer lab in every academic building, as well as computers in the student center, North Village apartments, and in the library. In addition, Furman recently began providing wireless Internet access throughout of the campus. Sometimes, the network is slow or spotty, and this can be frustrating for the majority of students who rely heavily on computers throughout their day. The computers in the labs are not always the newest and the latest, but the equipment provided is sufficient for most students.

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Computers at Furman University

rychterin

'15

Psychology

3.1
B-

Computers Usually Available, but Wifi Can Be Unreliable

Usually plenty of computers in the library, though during exams they may be hard to come by. Several other computer labs in other buildings, though. Free printing in the library, and all computers are attached to printers. Wireless access everywhere on campus, though occasionally it will go out or be slow in the dorms.

Dec 12, 2011

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acj1795

'10

Law

5.0
A+

Computers at Furman

Computers are always abundant and available in many locations all over campus. They are usually very well maintained and reliable. Wireless access is sometimes a little difficult. Printing services are available in all computer labs free of charge

Jul 08, 2010

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northerngirl

'11

Social Sciences

3.8
B+

Decent Access to Comps Wireless-Not So Good

Computers are generally available, prime time is early night. There are a lot of computers in the library, and some scattered about so there are a lot of options for public computers and printers. Personal printers are convenient but definitely not necessary. The network speed and reliability is lacking. Dorms here generally aren't wireless so that is somewhat of a burden, most everywhere else on campus wireless is available, sometimes tempermental.

Dec 13, 2009

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Special Software & Hardware Discounts

F-Secure Anti Virus

Free Software

Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional, Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe PageMaker Plug-In Pack, Adobe SVG Viewer 3.0, ArcGIS Desktop, Audacity 1.2.2, Blender, Broadcom Driver Installer, DINE Healthy 5, Easy CD Creator 5 Basic, Ffdshow, FileZilla, First Class Client, F-Secure Anti-Virus, F-Secure Management Agent, the GIMP, HighMAT Extension to Microsoft Windows XP CD Writing Wizard, HP Instant Support, HP Memories Disc, HP Photo and Imaging 2.2 Scanjet, InterVideo WinDVD, Java 2 Runtime Environment, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Macromedia Extension Manager, Macromedia Fireworks, Macromedia Flash, Macromedia FreeHand, Microsoft .NET Framework, Microsoft Office Professional 2003, Mozilla Firefox, OpenOffice.org, Pinnacle Device Drivers, Pinnacle Hollywood FX5, Pinnacle USB Device Drivers, Python 2.1, Win32 Extensions, QuickTime, RealPlayer, SoundMAX, Studio 9, Studio Content CD and DVD, VideoLAN VLC Media Player

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