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Laptop Program

Each freshman will be provided with a laptop computer for his exclusive use for a 2-year lease. At the end of sophomore year, the student will receive a new laptop to use for the next 2 years. All Upper School students are assessed a laptop fee of $750 per year. We have found that a lease program makes it easier all around – for parents, students, teachers, and tech support. Parents make smaller annual payments, students and teachers are all working with the same model computer, and we in the tech department can more effectively support the school model. We have found that “out-of-program” laptops require an inordinate amount of time and effort to support, and result in the student being without his laptop longer if repair is required. No exceptions will be made to this policy.

The annual laptop fee is charged to your son’s bookstore account, and covers the cost of the computer, plus annual software license fees, extended factory warranty, and a comprehensive insurance policy from Safeware that covers loss or damage not covered by the factory warranty. This coverage includes replacing a broken screen, or replacing the computer in the event of theft or accidental destruction, with a $300 deductible charged to the bookstore account for the first Safeware occurrence and $350 charged for each subsequent occurrence, up to a maximum of three claims in any 2-year lease cycle.

Rising freshmen and new students will receive their MacBooks, as well as hands-on training, on student orientation day, usually held during the last week of August. Exact timing and venue will be communicated via email.

Please note: Laptop power adaptors are not covered by this lease, Apple’s warranty or Safeware insurance. In case of damage, they will need to be replaced at the user’s expense. Spare adaptors are available for purchase in the Bookstore.

2025-2026 Academic Year Apple 13″ MacBook Air M4 Detailed Specification Sheet

Laptop Model 13″ Retina MacBook Air M4 (MW1C3LL/A)
Processor Apple M4 chip (10-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine)
Architecture 64 Bit, with Secure Enclave coprocessor in Apple M1
Battery Built-in 53.8‑watt‑hour lithium‑polymer battery - up to 18 hours of use
Memory 16 GB unified memory
Hard drive 256 GB SSD
Optical drive None
Display 13.6″ LED-backlit Retina display (2560 x 1664 resolution)
Graphics support Apple GPU 7 Core
Ports MagSafe 3 charging port, 3.5mm headphone jack, 2 Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C, up to 40Gb/s)
Audio Four-speaker sound system, built-in omni-directional microphones
Ethernet Optional Apple USB-C Ethernet Adapter or Thunderbolt 3 to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
Camera 12MP Center Stage
Wireless support Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax), Bluetooth 5.3
Keyboard Backlit Magic Keyboard with Touch ID, ambient light sensor, Force Touch trackpad
Weight 2.7 lbs (1.24 kg)
Power 30W USB-C charger + 2m USB-C to MagSafe 3 cable
System Software macOS Sequoia 15.x
Preloaded Software Besides the standard applications bundled with macOS, all laptops will be pre-configured with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), Apple Productivity Suite (Numbers, Keynote, Pages), Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat), Logger Pro, DiLL Language Lab, VLC Media Player, Zoom etc. Additional curriculum-specific software available upon request
Service and Support 2-year limited warranty (AppleCare Protection Plan + Safeware Insurance coverage. $300 deductible charged to student’s account for first breakage; $350 for additional incidents

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