Laptop or Desktop

eiffelguy87
Tue, 02 May 2006 19:23:56 +0000

The question depends on your financial situation and your own personal needs.

For myself, I found a laptop decent priced and had all the features I wanted. I also knew I would take better notes with a laptop. At the same time, I wanted to bring my computer home to work on stuff too (when I did go home for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Spring Break) it was fantastic.

Also, if you live in the dorms, you have access to computers. If purchasing a computer isn’t currently going to work for your budget, you can utilize campus resources.

Also, some classes, you might not need your laptop. For two of my science classes (which were actually introductory science classes for non-science majors…e.g. Physics 10 “Physics for Future Presidents” with Prof. Muller and IB/EPS C82 Oceanography with Prof. Ingram and Prof. Powell), using a laptop in class would be a pain because I had to draw diagrams and stuff. And I’m not quick enough to do that on a laptop.