Important new information regarding Windows 7

Students who currently have a W500, T61p, T61, or T60 laptop under Rensselaer's Mobile Computing Program can now re-image their laptop with a 32-bit version of the Windows 7 operating system. A full image and a base image are available.

The base image contains:

• Windows 7 32-bit, Enterprise edition
• Windows Office 2007
• Symantec Endpoint Protection (anti-virus)
• Adobe Elements (Contribute, Premiere, Photoshop, Soundbooth, and Acrobat)
• WinDVD and Roxio Creator
• ThinkVantage utilities
• RCS files

The full image includes the base image software plus:

• Maplesoft Maple symbolic algebra program
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional
• MathWorks MATLAB
• National Instruments LabVIEW
• NX6 (Unigraphics) CAD package
• MapInfo Professional
• Bentley Microstation
• Cygwin
• Other software

A 64-bit Windows 7 base image will be available on March 1, 2010 for the W500, T61p, and T61. The 64-bit Windows 7 base image will include:

• Windows 7 64-bit, Enterprise edition
• Windows Office 2007
• Maplesoft Maple symbolic algebra program
• MathWorks MATLAB
• National Instruments LabVIEW
• NX6 (Unigraphics) CAD package
• Symantec Endpoint Protection (anti-virus)
• Adobe Elements (Contribute, Premiere, Photoshop, Soundbooth, and Acrobat)
• WinDVD and Roxio Creator
• ThinkVantage utilities
• RCS files
• Other software

32-bit Windows 7 Ultimate upgrade media, which checks for a legal copy of Windows installed on your computer, is available to students participating in the Mobile Computing Program through the Rensselaer Campus Computer Store for $20. You can use this upgrade media to do a recommended "clean" install of Windows 7; for a "clean" install, back up your files to external media, reformat the hard disk, install Windows 7, and re-install your applications.