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- Student arrives to the lending machine, and authenticates himself either with his student credentials or with an RFID card and his password
- The lending machine release releases a laptop to the student, and the student moves on to carry on his studies in the Metropolia campus area
- After usage, the student returns the laptop to the lending machine, which identifies the laptop and accepts the return. At the same time the lending machine starts to recharge the laptop.
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The laptops are basic laptops from Dell. When you log on to the laptop, it autoatically automatically connects to Metropolia's virtual desktop environment. This makes the laptops need less administrative operations, and the usage of the student enviroments dont doesn't need much power from the laptop. You cant can't install your own software on the laptops, they will be reset every time after usage.
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