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Acquiring an Apple system for personal use entails not only
purchasing the system itself, but also acquiring software to increase the
productivity and security of your new system. Please go through the
following purchasing steps as appropriate.
Step 1: Purchasing the System
Step 2: Acquire Free UM Software
Step 3: Acquire Microsoft Products
Step 1: Purchasing the System
To purchase your system, enter the UM Apple purchase site by
clicking on the link below:
UM
Apple purchase site
Step 2: Acquire Free UM Software
There are several software programs that are available for free to
UMCP faculty, staff, and students (due to licensing deals managed by
the OIT Software Licensing
office). You can either download the
software or purchase the software on CD (each CD costs $10 each) from
the Software Licensing office.
The following is a list of the software available. Please note
that before you are allowed to download the software, you will be
required to provide your UM Directory ID and password (if you are
unfamiliar with your UM Directory ID and password, please visit the UM
Directory website to learn what your ID is and to set up your
Directory password).
If you wish to download the
software to your new computer once
it arrives, we suggest that you either bookmark or print this page for
future reference.
Step 3: Acquire Microsoft Products (faculty,
staff, TAs, and GAs only)
As part of the Microsoft Enterprise
Agreement negotiated by the OIT
Software Licensing office, UMCP
faculty and staff (including teaching assistants and graduate
assistants) are eligible to purchase certain Microsoft products (such as
Microsoft Office) at drastically reduced prices. These products can be
purchased for use on personal/home computers as part of a "work at
home" license.
To learn more about the Microsoft Enterprise Agreement and how you can
acquire these Microsoft products through the agreement, visit the link
below (you may wish to print this page as a reference):
http://www.oit.umd.edu/msea
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