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PennDesign ITS Is Now On Twitter!
PennDesign ITS on Twitter! Want to get an up-to-date status on a plotter or media type? Find out when there are changes to the printers, plotters, and the computer labs by following PennDesign's Twitter account. See you there.

PennDesign Computing Help

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Back To School Computer Recommendations
PennDesign ITS has produced an informative guide for incoming students regarding departmental requirements. It is imperative that you read through this guide in its entirety before purchasing a computer.
School of Design Recommendations: Hardware
School of Design Recommendations: Software
32-bit or 64-bit? – A Mac or PC?
"The Student Guidelines for Purchasing a Computer" is written to help students decide which computer is best for them. Please read this guide before making any purchasing decisions!
Deparment Recommendations
The deparment recommendation letters are now available. These letters provide crucial information for incoming students and what the various departments require.
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Penn Live
A New Email System For Incoming Students
PennDesign has partnered with Microsoft to release the Penn Live service, which is based largely on the Microsoft Live@edu suite of services. The primary component of Penn Live is a Microsoft Exchange account which includes Email, calendar, contacts, and task management, all of which can be shared as desired with your peers on the Penn Live network. This isn’t just a Hotmail or Gmail account… It’s the same service used by many large organizations for internal and external communications and collaboration.
For more information about Penn Live, click here!
End of Term Notices
Back Up Your Data! It's the end of the term and you'll be needing to back up all of your data on your Home directories. Graduating students will have until June 30th to back up their data. After this date, all data will be permanently deleted. Read more on how to back up all of your data.