The PC computers are garbage. I suggest that Hagerty get more Macs or upgrade their PCs because the PCs always get limited connectivity on all Dragonfly networks. Meanwhile the Macs get instantaneous, full bar connections. To accompany the growing Drexel library population, please buy more Macs.

We know that the Macs are quicker to connect to Dragonfly than the PCs. This has to do with the software that’s available for the different types of computers. We are hoping to replace some of our laptops soon, and most, if not all of the replacements will be with Macs (so we’ll have about half PCs and half Macs). It’s important that IRT know about any problems that you’re having connecting to Dragonfly on campus. Please let them know so they can continue to make improvements where they’re needed most.

The Macs should have Photoshop on them; there’s no point in having them otherwise.

Thanks for your suggestion. Hagerty’s computers are equipped with the same software that is available to the university at large, and Drexel does not have a site license for Photoshop. However, software is constantly reviewed for all public systems, so your request has been noted. Meanwhile, if you need to use Photoshop, there are computers in Korman that have it installed. Here at Hagerty we have a wide variety of users, and we’ve had many requests for Macs, which is why we have them in addition to PCs.

In case you haven’t noticed, there’s a lot going on in Hagerty’s lower level. We’re in the midst of a two-week blitz of classroom teaching, which means that L13-C and L14, our two main computer classrooms, will be sporadically out of commission each day.

Looking for a computer? Fear not! Not only do we have our old-standby Dell laptops and our new nifty netbooks, now we’ve got 10 brand new, gleaming white Mac books. And don’t forget, you can print from laptops onto printers throughout the library.

So don’t give up if you walk into Hagerty and see a full computer lab on the first floor. Instead head over to the Circulation Desk, check out your laptop and get mobile.

Ever come to Hagerty Library to get some work done and find all the computers are taken? Next time, please don’t give up, because we’ve got other options.

You can bypass the crowd by checking out a laptop from the circulation desk. And with ten brand new netbooks available, you’re even more mobile within the library.

Check out a netbook, find a cozy nook, and get cracking on that assignment.

And don’t forget, when there’s no class in session, we’ve also got two rooms full of desktops on Hagerty’s lower level.

If you haven’t been on Hagerty’s main floor in the last 2 hours, then you haven’t seen our new Macs. We’ve just installed 12 brand spankin’ new Macs in the computer hubs, and they are terrific. Come by and check them out, but don’t wait too long, because they’re already very popular.

Please install full Microsoft Office on the second floor computers. (i.e. Microsoft Word).

Thank you for your recommendation. The computers on the second floor are primarily intended for access to the library’s catalog—that’s why they’re placed near and among the book stacks. We know that people use them for checking email and other quick tasks, but we don’t want people to use them for more than a few minutes. This way everyone will be able to check the catalog when they’re in the stacks.

If you’d like to use Microsoft Office programs, they’re installed on the new computers on the first floor, and on the computers in the lower level classrooms (which you’re welcome to use as computer labs when there’s no class being held). Additionally, the Microsoft Office suite is installed in the laptops that are available from the circulation desk for two-hour, in-library loan.

We’ve got new computers!

Next time you’re in the main floor computer hub at Hagerty Library, you’ll notice something different–namely smaller, faster computers with bigger, better monitors. They have more memory and bigger hard drives than their predecessors, and they’re oh, so pretty.

Stop by and visit them in their gleaming white, extra wide, super sharp glory. And stay tuned for more; by fall term, all of Hagerty’s public computers will be babies: 2 years old or younger.