Yerkes Laptops

This is the subpage is an inventory of all Yerkes laptops. The numbers of laptops of a particular type are indicated in brackets.

2012 Macbook Air

Formerly Adam's

  • OS Catalina
  • 4GB Ram
  • 128GB HDD

(2017*) Modern HP [1]

Specifications:

    • Model: HP Envy m6-aq105dx
    • OS Installed:
      • Windows 10 Home 1909
    • CPU: i7-7500U @2.7GHz
    • RAM: 16GB
    • HDD: 1TB
    • Camera

(2012) Large Silver HP [9]

Specifications:

    • Model: HP ProBook 4540s (64-bit)
    • OS Installed:
      • Windows 10
      • Linux Mint Cinnamon 18
    • CPU: Intel Core i5-3230M @2.60 GHz
    • RAM: 4 GB
    • Hard Drive: 500 GB
    • Camera

(2011) Smaller Black HP [7]

Specifications:

    • Model: HP ProBook 6460B (64-bit)
    • OS Installed:
      • Windows 10
      • Linux Mint Cinnamon 18
      • Ubuntu
    • CPU: Intel Core i5 @2.5 GHz
    • RAM: 8 GB
    • Hard Drive: 500 GB
    • *2 of these 7 laptops have a 300 Hard Drive*
    • (Yerkes Student 102 and 105)

(Early 2015) MacBook Air 13" [6]

Specifications:

    • Model: MacBook Air 13-Inch (64-bit)
    • OS Installed: OS X (Big Sur, Catalina, High Sierra)
    • CPU: Intel Core i5 @1.6 GHz
    • RAM: 4 GB
    • Hard Drive: 128 GB
    • Camera

Notes

  • One macbook air has 8GB or RAM

(2013) Small Asus Transformer Book [1]

Specifications:

    • Model: Asus T100T (64-bit)
    • OS Installed:
      • Windows 8.1
    • CPU: Intel Atom @1.33 GHz
    • RAM: 2 GB
    • Hard Drive: 64 GB
    • Camera

(2009) Black Dell Laptop [7]

Specifications:

    • Model: Dell Latitude 6500 (64-bit)
    • OS Installed:
      • Windows 7
      • Ubuntu
    • CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo P8700 @2.53 GHz
    • RAM: 4 GB
    • Hard Drive: 250 GB

(2009) Black Dell Laptop [1]

Specifications:

    • *Looks identical to laptop above but is slightly slower*
    • Model: Dell Latitude 5500 (64-bit)
    • OS Installed:
      • Ubuntu
      • Windows xp (unknown login)
    • CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo P8700 @2.53 GHz
    • RAM: 2 GB
    • Hard Drive: 160 GB

(2010) Black HP Laptop [3]

Specifications:

    • Model: HP ProBook 4520s (32-bit)
    • OS Installed:
      • Windows 7
    • CPU: Intel Core i3 @2.52GHz
    • RAM: 2GB
    • Hard Drive: 320GB

(2003?) Old Silver Toshibas [6]

Specifications:

    • Model: Toshiba ? (32-bit)
    • OS Installed:
      • Ubuntu 13.4
    • CPU: Pentium @1.6 GHz
    • RAM: 512 MB
    • Hard Drive: 40 GB

Programs to Install

Windows Programs To Install on Laptops:

    • Browsing:
      • Chrome with AdBlock
      • Firefox with AdBlock
    • Programming:
      • Anaconda
      • Arduino
    • Image Processing:
      • SAOImage DS9 7.2
      • AstroImageProcessor
      • Makali'i Subaru Image Processor (must register)
      • HOU *What is the actual name?
      • SalsaJ (Need Plugins)
      • ImageJ (Need Plugins)
      • GIMP (Need Plugins)
      • Aperture Photometry Tool
      • Astrometrica (must register)
    • Astronomy:
      • Stellarium
    • Maintenance:
      • Malwarebytes
    • Other:
      • Blender
      • Java 64-bit
      • Microsoft Office
      • Inkscape

Linux Programs To Install On Laptops:

    • Browsing:
      • Chrome with AdBlock
      • Firefox with AdBlock
    • Programming:
      • Arduino
      • Python Libraries:
        • iPython
        • Scipy
        • Pygame
        • Matplotlib
        • Imaging-tk
    • Image Processing:
      • SAOImage DS9
      • SalsaJ and ImageJ (may not be needed in 2020)
      • GIMP
    • Astronomy
      • Stellarium
    • Other
      • Inkscape
      • gedit (atom or dscode may be better if they are also simple to use)