“The question of whether tuition includes a computer is sort of a loaded question,” Davis said. “Students have a lot of choice in what they bring and we support whatever they bring.”

Davis also saw the question of whether students have access to Usenet as obsolete. He remembers using those from his freshman year in 1994.

Associate Professor of Computer Science Norman Ramsey said he is satisfied with the technology offered by Harvard.

“As a professor, my life is somewhat different than that of a student, but I care most about wireless access on campus, which we were a little slow about but which is really pretty good now,” Ramsey said.

Sarah M. Faulkner ’06 who is a computer science teaching fellow, said she has noticed improvement in Harvard’s technology since her freshman year, but that there is still a long way to go to catch up with other schools’ technology.

“There are not that many courses online. A lot of the study cards and things like that could be done online,” Faulkner said. “We’re moving in that direction but we’re moving very slowly.”