Good laptop computers/software for MT majors???

MTDad777
Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:49:02 +0000

This is a great thread as my D and I are in discussions regarding what type of computer she should have at school. At this point I’m leaning toward a desktop in her room. I work in an IT department and every day I see laptops come in from the field broken. People drop them, step on them, spill beverages, plug them in to the wrong outlet and zap them, run them over with their car(someone actually backed over their’s, forgot to put it in the trunk at the airport) lose them, have them stolen…
Portable computers are nice but I wouldn’t expect it to last 4 years because if they are lucky enough not to have a physical mishap there is hardware failure and more than likely software failure due to viruses, spyware or software installation/uninstallation issues.
Like others mentioned I’ll check with the school but one would think that they would have some type of recording equipment. All that is needed is a Digital Camcorder with a nice Mic and you can record voice lessons. You could bring an MP3 player or a boom box to play music. I’d really like to understand why someone would need a laptop for this kind of stuff?