What laptop do most students use?

electrifice
Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:56:39 +0000

Advantages of laptops:

1) Take a lot less space. I found that really convenient considering the size of some of the rooms here.

2) Portability. I don’t take my laptop to class and I hate lugging the thing around. But there have been a few times when I was really thankful I had the “option.” Plus, I go home a lot and a laptop saves me from setting up a server to access everything.

Advantages of desktops:

1) Way cheaper (from what I remember, two years ago). At that time you could save almost twice as much on an equivalent desktop.

Bottomline, you can get a laptop or a desktop sub-$500 these days so go with whatever floats your boat. You have more convenience with the laptop but you save money on a desktop, plus its much easier to upgrade desktops.