Hardware recommendations from ITS
Members of the following groups or professional schools, follow the link for hardware recommendations:
- Arts & Sciences - Faculty
- Arts & Sciences - Students
- Law School
- Medical Center - Students (MD, EPH, PA, BBS programs)
- Nursing students
- School of Management
- School of Nursing
- School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
- Yale College
General recommendations for:
Computer recommendations
For detailed specifications on any of the below computer recommendations, please download the PDF.
Yale's Managed Workstation Program
Yale's Managed Workstation Program is a standardized and flexible approach for computer management supported by a next generation information technology infrastructure. Learn more about the benefits of Yale's Managed Workstation Program.
Mainstream desktop
- Apple iMac
- Dell OptiPlex 755 Small Form Factor
- Yale's Managed Workstation
- more... [PDF]
Power desktop
- Apple Mac Pro
- Dell Precision Workstation T7400 (With Memory Riser)
- more... [PDF]
Mainstream laptop
- Apple MacBook
- Dell Latitude D630
- more... [PDF]
Power laptop
- Apple MacBook Pro
- Dell Precision Mobile Workstation M4300
- more... [PDF]
Lightweight laptop/tablet
- Apple MacBook Air
- Dell Latitude D430
- Dell Latitude XT
- more... [PDF]
Mobile devices
The following recommendations are based on the devices supported by the YaleConnect project.
- Blackberry World 8830 connected to the BES server
- Treo 700p or later connected to Goodlink
- iPhone using Activesync
- more...
Scanning
The recommendations for network printing are to continue to use solutions provided by RIS which are as follows:
- Canon IR 3205 Multifunction printer
USB and external drives
- Due to the security concerns introduced by the use of USB and external drives, recommendations for these types of devices are pending security policy recommendation from the Information Security Office.
