laptop for college

[josh]

not just like a palm pilot, you can do many other things. That might be a good thing to consider if you are taking courses where you need to draw many diagrams in your notes as you can just flip it over and hand draw a quick diagram.

[Pickles]

my problem going into university next year is which to get, a desktop or a laptop.. im cheap so it will be one or the other, and the only way i could see a laptop is taking it to class, but would i even take it to class all the time i wonder? seems like the safe bet would just be to get a desktop which is cheaper.

[Dan]

Pickles wrote:

my problem going into university next year is which to get, a desktop or a laptop.. im cheap so it will be one or the other, and the only way i could see a laptop is taking it to class, but would i even take it to class all the time i wonder? seems like the safe bet would just be to get a desktop which is cheaper.

Well that also depends on what uni u are going to, some now have wifi all over campus. in witch case it whould be realy good to have a laptop with wifi.........

[Tony]

Pickles wrote:

would i even take it to class all the time i wonder?

the only reason I was taking my laptop with me is because it weighted less than a textbook and I used it as a map to find my way around the campus the first week or so..

you don't actually take notes on a laptop. But then again I never managed to get any assignments done in the residence and would prefer to go else where with my laptop to work.

[josh]

so you prefer to write tham? I find that if I am taking alot of notes and don't type them up then I can't read them later (I am sped for messey handwriting)

[Pickles]

ty, i probably will just get a desktop, cause i figure id probably just end up using the laptop as a desktop really,

[josh]

you could get a "desktop replacemetn" like a widescreen toshiba for the odd tiem you want to take it somewhere

[wtd]

I really recommend against going cheap on the laptop end and high-end for the desktop.

When something in a desktop PC breaks, there's a decent chance you can fix it yourself. When something in a laptop breaks, it's gonna cost an arm and a leg to fix. This isn't entirely avoidable, and this is why laptop warranties are a good thing, but the best way to avoid it is to buy a decent laptop in the first place. Apple, IBM and Toshiba have the best ratings for quality and customer service (should things go wrong). Companies like HP/Compaq, Dell, Gateway, eMachines, etc. have abysmal ratings.

My suggestion: Get a decent laptop and pair it with a nice (full-size) keyboard and mouse for your dorm room. If you're into games, buy yourself a PS2, XBox or GameCube.

Two systems sounds nice, but you'll only ever be using one at a time, and you'll end up using one of them 95% of the time.

[josh]

don't buy HP, y HP desktop causes me so much grief because of the stuff they put on it it is unbeleviable, can't even do a normal system restore.

[MihaiG]

just reofrmat the drive...and get windXP pro orLinux

[josh]

I don't want to spend the money, and I don't want to "buy" it because M$ is gunna be cutting off updates for ones that are "bought".

As for Linux, I want to be able to play my games so thats out.

but lets not hijack the thread o.k.

[Cervantes]

ELCOMANDANTE wrote:

just reofrmat the drive...and get windXP pro orLinux

josh wrote:

don't buy HP, y HP desktop causes me so much grief

What josh says goes farther than you think. If josh's hp is anything like my dad's, he can't reformat windows, because it's stuck on a part of the harddrive that is untouchable (that is, you can't write to it). Reformatting will remove everything BUT the OS.

josh wrote:

As for Linux, I want to be able to play my games so thats out.

Heh.

[Martin]

Does anyone else find it hilarious that Microsoft is abusing its product's crappy design to stop piracy?

[josh]

Cervantes wrote:

ELCOMANDANTE wrote:

just reofrmat the drive...and get windXP pro orLinux

josh wrote:

don't buy HP, y HP desktop causes me so much grief

What josh says goes farther than you think. If josh's hp is anything like my dad's, he can't reformat windows, because it's stuck on a part of the harddrive that is untouchable (that is, you can't write to it). Reformatting will remove everything BUT the OS.

josh wrote:

As for Linux, I want to be able to play my games so thats out.

Heh.

yep, it is on a seperate recovery partition (the D drive). but my PC also made a set of recovery CD's when I first set it up.

But I have heard that there may be cd's that will let you get rid of that partitoin if you want to format the whole drive. You may need to have a new set of XP install CD's if you do.

[zomg]

Cervantes wrote:

ELCOMANDANTE wrote:

just reofrmat the drive...and get windXP pro orLinux

josh wrote:

don't buy HP, y HP desktop causes me so much grief

What josh says goes farther than you think. If josh's hp is anything like my dad's, he can't reformat windows, because it's stuck on a part of the harddrive that is untouchable (that is, you can't write to it). Reformatting will remove everything BUT the OS.

josh wrote:

As for Linux, I want to be able to play my games so thats out.

Heh.

couldnt ya just take a magnet to it