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There are seven laptops to choose from on the DOI Enterprise contracts. DOI employees can take advantage of 5 non-ruggedized laptops from leading vendors such as MPC, Dell, and NCS, as well as 3 ruggedized models from Panasonic and Getac that conform to MIL-STD-810F.
Telecommuter Models, are designed to provide mobility, a large 15 inch display, good graphics, and value. This model emphasizes manageability and compatibility and is ideal for standardized deployments. It is excellent for running software application such as Word Processing, E-mail, surfing the Web, digital media for training purposes, interactive applications, accessing databases, and creating Spreadsheets and Presentations. The DOI ID/IQ has two versions of this model. The telecommuter standard is equipped with a traditional 15 inch display while the telecommuter wide screen has a 15.4 inch display in the new and popular wide screen format.
Traveler Models, for those employees often on the move, using a notebook in the office, on the road, and in different rooms at work or home. It is designed to provide you mobility in a convertible package. It can be used as a standard notebook or as a tablet PC. This model is great for routine information processing tasks including word processing, email, accessing data bases and applications systems.
Native Serial Port Models, provides an integrated native serial port to support legacy applications and incorporates features of standard notebook. It is good for running typical office automation tasks. This system is considered by many industry observers to be a good semi-rugged system.
To help you choose which laptop is right for you, we offer two buyers guides. The first is the Laptop Technical Buyers Guide. This guide is targeted to technical users (i.e. IT Professionals, Power Users) who have an idea of what they are looking for and are interested in doing a selection based on technical specifications. It consists of a handy grid of the most requested specifications for you to make quick comparisons with.
For non-technical users, we offer our Laptop End Users Buyers Guide. This buyers guide is structured with a handy decision matrix as well as usage scenarios to help users who are not sure of which specifications they require to decide which model will best fit their needs.
Your DOI HAT Team Lead for Laptops is Cindy Myers. Please direct any questions about the laptop contracts to either cmyers1@usgs.gov or 703-648-6377
Vendor Technical Support Information can be found in the Technical Support section of the How to Use page.
All laptops are tested against a base set of standards. Individual Laptop test results, as well as an explanation of our testing methodologies can be found in the test lab pages.
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