Comment No no no. (Score 1) 1154
How do you keep yourself organized, a PDA of some sort or an old-fashioned calendar?
I have a decent memory. My todo list for a given day is at most a dozen things. Easy to remember.
What to take notes with, pencil and paper? Laptop? Palm pilot? Tape recorder? Or just too cool to take notes like in high school?
I use a pen and/or pencil and paper. It was good enough for Einstein, its good enough for me. I can't make excuses why my grades aren't doing well such as "I don't have the latest PDA!!!". Hand writing is much faster than PDA and cheaper despite what people will say. That said, a tape recorder (those $10 type... not a digital one with 2 gigs of memory for $4000) are great to play back later especially for good lectures.
One laptop for everything, with a docking station back in the dorm perhaps, or just a desktop? Both? All of this is made more complicated, of course, by the lack of funds most college students enjoy.
I've never had a need to buy a laptop and I'm a double major (Computer Sci. and Business Admin.) save the money because it will be much more useful when you want that pizza on study night or meet a nice girl at school or just want to go out for a few pints with your friends. Desktop power is so cheap now (Athlon 2500+ XP anyone? Now go for less than $100 US retail boxed). If your looking at a PC upgrade get a desktop. Athlon 2500+, 1 GB DDR400, board, case and semi-decent gaming video card goes under $500.
I have a decent memory. My todo list for a given day is at most a dozen things. Easy to remember.
What to take notes with, pencil and paper? Laptop? Palm pilot? Tape recorder? Or just too cool to take notes like in high school?
I use a pen and/or pencil and paper. It was good enough for Einstein, its good enough for me. I can't make excuses why my grades aren't doing well such as "I don't have the latest PDA!!!". Hand writing is much faster than PDA and cheaper despite what people will say. That said, a tape recorder (those $10 type... not a digital one with 2 gigs of memory for $4000) are great to play back later especially for good lectures.
One laptop for everything, with a docking station back in the dorm perhaps, or just a desktop? Both? All of this is made more complicated, of course, by the lack of funds most college students enjoy.
I've never had a need to buy a laptop and I'm a double major (Computer Sci. and Business Admin.) save the money because it will be much more useful when you want that pizza on study night or meet a nice girl at school or just want to go out for a few pints with your friends. Desktop power is so cheap now (Athlon 2500+ XP anyone? Now go for less than $100 US retail boxed). If your looking at a PC upgrade get a desktop. Athlon 2500+, 1 GB DDR400, board, case and semi-decent gaming video card goes under $500.
