Laptop Rental Service

In partnership with the TUM Board of Management and the Chair of Prof. Schulz (Chair of Computer Architecture and Parallel Systems), the AStA lends 25 laptops to TUM students. These devices are explicitly for study work and not as a short-term replacement for defective private laptops.

• Who: Students, who need a laptop for study-relevant reasons, e.g. for semester, master's, bachelor's or other works.
• Requirements: You are not in possession of a (working) laptop and you will not receive one by your supervising chair.The confirmation of the supervisor is sufficient.
• Loan duration: You can borrow the laptop for 3 or 6 months. If you need an extension, you can contact us again.
• Deposit: You pay a deposit of €200 at the Paying Office which you will get back when you return the laptop. If you damage the laptop (e.g. bent USB ports, display damage, etc.), you will not get this deposit back.
• Contact for questions: leihlaptops(at)fs.tum.de (in case of hardware problems you can contact  Mr Obermeier at any time).

 

 

 

 

Procedure

Do you meet the requirements and want a laptop? In the following we explain how you get your rental device:

1. Application: You fill out this application for a laptop loan. Your supervisor will then receive an email to which he/she must respond. Without this confirmation we cannot lend you a laptop!
2. We accept your application: If the application meets the criteria, we will inform you by email and forward the information to the Chair of Computer Engineering and Computer Organization of Prof. Schulz (School of Computation, Information and Technology).

3. Pay the deposit and pick up the laptop: Mr. Obermeier will give you an appointment to pick up the device. This will be on a Thursday morning. Bring the deposit of €200 in cash, as well as your ID and student card.

   The collection will then proceed as follows:

   1. You collect a deposit order from Mr Obermeier.
   2. With this you go to the Payment Office (9 to 11.30 am), pay the deposit and receive a receipt.

   3. With this receipt you go back to Mr Obermeier and get your laptop. Here you have to sign the final loan agreement. 

      But Mr. Obermeier will explain it to you again when you pick it up.

Legal matters

Questions have been risen about the following issues:

• Contract: The loan contract will only be concluded directly with the Chair of Computer Engineering and Computer Organization of Prof. Schulz of the Department of Computer Science.
• Insurance/Liability: Loaned laptops are not insured. If the one you borrowed breaks, you will have to pay for the damage.
• Extent of liability: Once the loan agreement is signed, it is determined how much the laptop is worth at that point of time (initially €1000). If you lose the laptop or it breaks, you are obliged to pay this amount (if lost) or the repair price.
• All other regulations can also be read in the sample contract.

These obligations may seem hard at first. But since you are not required to pay a rental fee, you may not need to take out any insurance. However, in such situations, your liability insurance will step in if you or your parents have taken out one.

Further Information

• Opening hours of the Payment Office:
  • The Payment Office is open on Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in Garching.
• Hardware Specifications Lenovo V110-15ISK:
  • Processor Intel Core i5 (10th generation)
  • Memory 16 GB RAM
  • Screen resolution 1366 x 768 pixels
  • Hard drive 256GB SSD
• Further Laptop Rental Possibilities:
  • You can find them here