The University of Detroit Mercy is pleased to offer educational pricing for hardware and software directly through the following vendors:

Apple Online store at http://www.apple.com/ for IPODs and other Apple accessories
HP/Compaq Contact Jimi Costello Group (248) 770-1024 or 1(800) 888-3224 opt4, opt1, opt2 for notebooks and desktops
Dell Online store at: The Dell Store for notebooks, desktops, and home electronics
IBM Contact IBM (800) 656-0833 x6263 IBM Easy Access for notebooks
Nobilis Contact Jimi Costello Group (248) 770-1024 for desktop PCs
Gateway Online store at http://www.gateway.com/work/ed/ for notebooks and desktop machines
Barnes and Noble Store Barnes_and_Noble. for software
JourneyED.com Software Discounts, Including Microsoft Office Professional 2003 at $80.00
Merit Dial-In ISP Access: $8.95/month, pre-pay credit card only, MI + NY + Windsor dial-in access http://www.merit.edu/access/


Catia Education Center

The CATIA Student Version provides the tools needed to perform 3D part and assembly design and the generation of production drawings. In addition, it includes integrated real time rendering capabilities and supports data exchange using common industry standards. It also allows the creation of wireframe and basic surface features construction elements during the preliminary design phase. Data can be exchanged between V4 CATIA and V5 using the CATIA V4 integration functionality.
(This image and text was taken from the Catia Education Center, Here.)

SPSS® Student Version for Windows®
The SPSS Student Version for windows provides affordable, professional statistical analysis and modeling tools to student--right on their own PCs. The easy-to-use interface and comprehensive online help system enables students to learn statistics, not software. And the variety of features--including time-series capabilities--allows for even the most complex analysis. Based on the world's leading desktop statistical software packages, the SPSS Student Version for Windows provides a real-world learning experience.

Prentice-Hall distributes SPSS Student Version for windows through University and college bookstores around the world. Simply present your valid student indentification. If your campus bookstore does not carry SPSS Student Version for Windows, ask the manager to contact the local Prentice-Hall distribution office (or SPSS, where applicable).


TrialWare Software Versions: A Letter from Macromedia, Inc.

In recent months, we have received frequent questions as to whether trial licenses may be used to train students on Macromedia products. The Macromedia product family is used for creating digital communications - key products include Dreamweaver, used to create HTML content, the Flash Authoring tool for creating web based video and animations, and Fireworks for creating web graphics. Our products are most frequently used by teachers and students in Computer Science, Creative studies like multimedia and fine arts, Business, particularly Marketing, and Communications/Journalism.

A trial license may only be used to review, demonstrate and evaluate the software for purchase, not for instructional or training purposes. As always, we wish to avoid any confusion over appropriate licensing, and we appreciate your time taken in reading this clarification.

Trial licenses are not for sale and are provided to assist an individual in determining whether to purchase a licensed copy of Macromedia software. In addition, trial licenses are strictly prohibited from use for any instructional or training purposes.

Macromedia has recently encountered a number of situations in which an education institution, misunderstanding the terms of trial licenses, used a trial license in one of its student computer laboratories or actively instructed students to download the trial version to complete coursework. Although inadvertent, this placed the institution in the unfortunate situation of using the software outside of the license agreement.

Why UDM Does not purchase $499/$399/$299/$199/$99 Dell Computers
While at first glance it might seem like the way to go, the "$499/$399/etc..." deals fall far below our minimal UDM standards for the software used around the University and usually do not come with the warranty coverage we need to guarentee at least three years of usage.

Particularily for a lab computer or a faculty computer, warranty coverage is critical. These units are made cheaply with consumer quality parts and not corporate parts as you would expect. The "savings" by going cheap must be weighed against the internal UDM costs to develop images for systems deviating from our standard as well as the hardware support cost beyond the limited warranty period.

To upgrade one of these units to the UDM standard is typically more expensive than purchasing the UDM standard system at our specially negotiated price.

Thank you for your continued participation and interest in the Epocrates Student/Resident Discount Program

Other brand name items (such as Zip drives, memory upgrades, DVD/CDRW combo drives, software) are available through the following vendors:

CDW-G (866) 339-4343
Jimi Costello Group (248) 770-1024

Please identify yourself as affiliated with the University of Detroit Mercy and be prepared to show your
University ID.