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The computer requirement at Virginia Tech exists but is often superseded by college-wide or departmental requirements. The tablet requirement of the [[College of Engineering]] is perhaps the most well-known and controversial of these requirements. =College of Engineering===Tablet Requirement==The tablet requirement came into effect in the fall of 2006. There was strong opposition at its instantiation by various student groups such as the [#REDIRECT [Student Technology Council]], the [[Linux and Unix Users Group]]<ref>httpgp://listserv.vt.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0604&L=VTLUUG&P=790</ref>, and the [[Macintosh Users Group]] and faculty. The requirement was introduced against the advice and opinion of the [[Computer Science]] faculty<ref>http://listserv.vt.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0903&L=VTLUUG&D=0&P=1700</ref>. Although Microsoft Windows is required, the required version consistently lags the latest release.<references/> ==Software Bundle==The software bundle is a required purchase of all engineering students and includes the [[Microsoft Campus Agreement]], [[LabView]], [[MATLAB]], and [[PDF Annotator]]. Despite an overwhelmingly successful pilot Macintosh tablet program put together by the [[Student Technology Council]] and the [[Macintosh Users Group]], the software requirements have never once budged any more than to add a $50, less featurful knockoff of [[Jarnal]] called [[PDF Annotator]] to the package. =See Also=* [[Required software]]* [[fc:Promoting_Alternatives_to_the_Windows_Tablet_Stack|Free Culture proposed tablet activities]] =External Links=* [http://www.eng.vt.edu/academics/comp_require.php College of Engineering tablet requirement] [[Category:Tablets]]
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