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Important Notes for Windows

Institutional purchasers: Departments may purchase Windows Vista and Windows 7 at discounted prices through the Microsoft Select Licensing Program. Learn more at the Office of Software Licensing web site.

Information Systems and Computing has advice and recommendations on Windows Vista and Windows 7 for the University Community. Information is posted here, at the Computing web site.

 

Apple

Apple Mac OS X version 10.6 Snow Leopard (Upgrade) -- $29.00 -- 501020677 Mac OS X Compatible Reserve yours today!

Upgrade from Mac OS X Leopard with Snow Leopard, a simpler, more powerful, and more refined version of Mac OS X. It delivers a wide range of enhancements, next-generation technologies, out-of-the-box support for Microsoft Exchange Server, and new accessibility features. It's the world's most advanced operating system, finely tuned from installation to shutdown.

Snow Leopard is an upgrade for Leopard users and requires a Mac with an Intel processor.

Requirements:

  • Mac computer with an Intel processor
  • 1GB of memory
  • 5GB of available disk space
  • DVD drive for installation
  • Some features require a compatible Internet service provider; fees may apply.
  • Some features require Apple’s MobileMe service; fees and terms apply.
Apple Remote Desktop 3 (Unlimited Managed Systems) -- $299.00 -- 501020595 Mac OS X Compatible

Apple Remote Desktop 3 is the best way to manage the Macs on your network. Distribute software, provide real-time online help to end-users, create detailed software and hardware reports, and automate your routine management tasks — all from your own Mac. This version includes a license to manage an unlimited number of workstations from a single Apple Remote Desktop installation.

Apple Remote Desktop 3 (10 Client Managed Systems) -- $149.00 -- 501020594 Mac OS X Compatible

Apple Remote Desktop 3 is the best way to manage the Macs on your network. Distribute software, provide real-time online help to end-users, create detailed software and hardware reports, and automate your routine management tasks — all from your own Mac. This version includes a license to manage up to 10 workstations from a single Apple Remote Desktop installation.

 

Microsoft

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium -- See Below For Pricing and Order Numbers. Reserve Yours Today!

Windows 7 Home Premium makes it easy to create a home network and share all of your favorite photos, videos, and music. You can even watch, pause, rewind, and record TV. Get the best entertainment experience with Windows 7 Home Premium.

  • Simplify your PC with new navigation features like Aero Shake, Jump Lists, and Snap.
  • Customize Windows to look and feel the way you like by changing themes and taskbar programs.
  • Setting up a home network and connecting to printers and devices is easier than ever.
  • Designed to make your PC sleep and resume quicker.
  • Takes full advantage of 64-bit PC hardware and memory.
  • Connecting to wireless networks is fast and easy.
  • Watch, pause, rewind, and record TV with Windows Media Center.

    • Upgrade: $119.99 -- 509031006
    • Full Install: $199.99 -- 509031005
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional -- See Below For Pricing and Order Numbers. Reserve Yours Today!

With Windows 7 Professional, fewer walls stand between you and your success. You can run many Windows XP productivity programs in Windows XP Mode and recover data easily with automatic backups to your home or business network. You can also connect to company networks effortlessly and more securely with Domain Join. With all the exciting entertainment features of Windows Home Premium, it’s a great choice for home and for business.

  • Includes all listed features and highlights of Windows 7 Home Premium
  • Easy to network, with or without a server.
  • Back up your complete system over a network.
  • Takes full advantage of 64-bit PC hardware and memory.
  • Windows XP Mode gives you the business flexibility you need.

    • Upgrade: $199.99 -- 509031008
    • Full Install: $299.99 -- 509031007
    • 32-Bit Upgrade License for Individual Sale: $39.00 -- 509031020 -- Limited Time Offer Through December 2009!
    • 64-Bit Upgrade License for Individual Sale: $39.00 -- 509031022 -- Limited Time Offer Through December 2009!
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate -- See Below For Pricing and Order Numbers. Reserve Yours Today!

Windows 7 Ultimate is the most versatile and powerful edition of Windows 7. It combines remarkable ease-of-use with the entertainment features of Home Premium and the business capabilities of Professional, including the ability to run many Windows XP productivity programs in Windows XP Mode. For added security, you can encrypt your data with BitLocker and BitLocker To Go. And for extra flexibility, you can work in any of 35 languages. Get it all with Windows 7 Ultimate.

  • Includes all features and highlights of Windows 7 Home Premium and Professional
  • Help protect data on your PC or portable storage device against loss or theft with BitLocker.
  • Switch between any of 35 languages.

    • Upgrade: $219.99 -- 509031010
    • Full Install: $319.99 -- 509031009
    • 64-Bit Upgrade License for Individual Sale: $79.00 -- 509031021 -- Limited Time Offer Through December 2009!

 

Virtualization

VMware Fusion 3 -- $39.95 -- 509020585 Mac OS X Compatible

Using a Mac doesn’t mean abandoning your Windows applications and devices. Ditch your PC and safely run your favorite Windows programs alongside Mac applications, and keep using your Windows-only devices on your Mac. Also optimized to offer the best Windows applications performance without impacting the power of your Mac, VMware Fusion delivers best-in class graphics support for Windows, including the latest Aero animations in Windows 7 and advanced 3D graphics for avid gamers.

Parallels Desktop for Mac 4.0 -- See Below for Pricing and Order Numbers Mac OS X Compatible

When Apple introduced its first generation of Intel-powered Macs, the "Are you a Mac or a PC person" question suddenly became moot. With the new Intel Mac machines, you can have the best of both Macintosh and PC worlds. Unfortunately, switching between operating systems on the new Intel Macs can be a time-consuming process. You must completely shut down OS X and endure a full start-up cycle in order to run Windows. That's where Parallels Desktop for Mac comes in. With Parallels Desktop, you can run Windows applications along with your Macintosh programs -- right on your Mac, side-by-side -- so you never have to suffer through frustrating shut-downs and re-boots just to run a program you want.

Retail: $79.95 -- 509020538
Educational License Disc: $39.99 -- 509020553

Educational License Flash Drive: $39.99 -- 509020582

 

Disk Utilities

Drive Genius 2 -- $99.00 -- 509020530 Mac OS X Compatible

Featuring an easy-to-use interface, Drive Genius is packed with powerful tools such as a drive optimizer, a comprehensive repair facility for analyzing, repairing and rebuilding volumes, plus excellent testing capabilities with media surface scanning, performance benchmarking and data integrity checking. You can use it to initialize drives, create and delete partitions, and erase them securely as per Department of Defense's standard. Drive Genius also lets you hide partitions and duplicate volumes or drives swiftly.

TechTool Pro 4 -- $89.00 -- 509020402 Mac OS X Compatible

The best utility for Macintosh just became better. TechTool Pro 4 is a completely new program, built from the ground up for Mac OS X. The program was completely created in Cocoa, ensuring maximum performance and stability in Mac OS X. The program also features a new, easy-to-use aqua interface and streamlined window for easy navigation.

TechTool Pro 4 now features a suite of S.M.A.R.T tests (Self Monitoring Analysis And Reporting Technology). Most modern hard drives now support this industry standard that employs predictive diagnostics and analysis to help foresee a drive failure BEFORE it happens. TechTool Pro 4's SMART test allows you to automatically monitor this vital data and be forewarned of impending danger to your data, allowing you to back up critical information before disaster strikes.

Symantec Norton Ghost 14 -- $69.00 -- 509030901

Norton Ghost 14.0 protects PCs--including all applications, settings, folders, and files--with advanced backup and recovery. It provides powerful protection with new features such as offsite backups and Symantec ThreatCon integration, as well as enhanced performance, remote management, LightsOut Restore capability, and more. With Norton Ghost 14.0, you have a choice of backup types: full system (disk image) or specific files and folders. Incremental backups and enhanced compression help reduce the amount of required storage, while encryption helps keep everything safe. Norton Ghost 14.0 works with most storage devices, including external hard drives, networked drives, and recordable and rewritable CDs and DVDs.

 

Anti-Virus & Security

Computrace LoJack for Laptops (3-Year Subscription) -- $99.00 -- 509020488 (Mac); 509030712 (Windows) Mac OS X Compatible

A laptop is stolen every 53 seconds and according to the FBI, 97-percent are never recovered. Laptops are taken from coffee shops, hotel rooms, and automobiles every day. Losing your laptop is costly, even devastating when you consider the priceless photos, files, and personal information you have stored on your laptop.

LoJack for Laptops is a recovery service that enables law enforcement to recover stolen laptops. When your laptop is protected with this service, software installed on your laptop works behind the scenes to silently and securely contact our monitoring center, and if stolen, report its location using any Internet connection.

Computrace LoJack for Laptops Works!

  • Over 90-percent of laptops located with our software are recovered.
  • Patented software is hidden and virtually tamperproof, surviving most hard-drive reformats and operating-system reinstallations.
  • It works on desktop computers too.
Symantec Norton Antivirus 2009 -- $39.00 -- 509030970

Norton AntiVirus 2009 is the fastest, lightest antivirus solution you can buy. Rapid pulse updates and the innovative new Norton Insight architecture dramatically improve performance while helping to ensure that you're protected from the latest threats. Norton AntiVirus stays out of your way while you work or play. It automatically suspends all non-critical tasks and alerts when you're enjoying games and movies. And while Web-based attacks may be the single fastest growing type of online threat, Symantec's patent-pending Browser Protection lets you surf the Internet with confidence.

Symantec Norton Antivirus 11 for Mac -- $49.00 -- 509020535 Mac OS X Compatible

Norton AntiVirus 11 for Mac is the world's most trusted antivirus solution for Mac systems. It removes viruses automatically, cleans infected Internet and email downloads, and protects against advanced online threats and attacks that target software vulnerabilities. It's also compatible with Mac OS 10.5 and takes full advantage of the new operating system's advanced features to help you protect your Mac even better. Powerful, built-in vulnerability protection helps prevent identity thieves from exploiting newly discovered application and operating system weaknesses. And the enhanced Norton AntiVirus dashboard widget lets you quickly check your system's virus protection status and get the latest information about current virus threats directly from the experts at Symantec Security Response. Norton AntiVirus for Mac now features silent, automatic virus definition updates, fully integrated schedule management settings; faster and more extensive file-scanning capabilities, improved Auto-Protect functionality, and a new user interface that makes routine tasks more accessible than ever before. As always, LiveUpdate makes it easy to keep your virus and vulnerability protection updates current against new threats.

Symantec Norton Internet Security 2009 -- $69.00 -- 509030958

Norton Internet Security 2009, the fastest, lightest on your PC and most up-to-the-minute security suite available, protects against all types of online threats. It safeguards your computer, identity, and home network without slowing you down. Completely reengineered for faster, fewer scans and rapid updates, it sets a new standard for speed and makes online shopping, banking, and browsing safer and more convenient than ever.

The Norton Protection System is a multilayered system of technologies that work in concert to stop threats before they impact you. Relying on the intelligence-driven Norton Insight technology, it targets only those files at risk, resulting in shorter and fewer scans. Industry-leading browser protection safeguards you from Web-based attacks. And Pulse Updates every 5 to 15 minutes deliver the latest updates faster than anyone else.


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Apple Snow Leopard Upgrade
$29.00

Mac OS X is renowned for its simplicity, its reliability, and its ease of use. So when it came to designing Snow Leopard, Apple engineers had a single goal: to make a great thing even better. They searched for areas to refine, further simplify, and speed up — from little things like ejecting external drives to big things like installing the OS. In many cases, they elevated great to amazing.

  • 501020677 Mac OS X Compatible
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