Vendor Specials & Demos
Vendor Specials
Dell* and HP offer employee personal purchase specials. To purchase from Dell's web site, employees need to enter the Member ID number found on the brochure into the Member ID field on the web site. These offers are listed here as a convenience for faculty, staff, and students who are interested in making an equipment purchase for home use. Please be aware that University licensed software is enterprise level software and may not be compatible with the Home versions of Microsoft's operating systems. XP Home, Vista Home, and Windows 7 Home operating systems should not be purchased if a purpose of the personal computer or laptop purchase includes the need to work from home, nor should these operating systems be purchased by departments expecting to connect the equipment to the SOM network. If you intend to connect from home to your desktop or network file share using a VPN client, purchase the Business or Ultimate version of the Vista operating system.
Check this document for a comparison the features of the available Vista operating systems.
Check this document for a comparison of the features of the available Windows7 operating systems.
(The suggested retail prices are not applicable for the Employee Purchase Program.) If you have older peripherals you intend to connect to a new computer/laptop, check the "Will my stuff work with Windows Vista?" link on the following page before making your purchase: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/compare-editions/default.aspx.
If you have any equipment purchase questions, please contact the SOM help desk, 6-0412 or by email at help@som.umaryland.edu.
*Dell audits employee personal purchases. The difference between the retail price and the discount price will be charged to the charge card used to make any purchase that was found in violation of the employee purchase program.
Dell
HP - Click on Student & faculty purchasing under More buying options.
CITS - Software Licensing Office
(University licensed software available for employee/student personal purchase.)- The Microsoft and Mac software we support is also available for faculty, staff, and student personal purchase at the Health Sciences and Human Services Library (HS/HSL) reference desk.
Vendor Demos
- None currently scheduled.