What Kind Of Computer To Bring To College?

Elfan writes "We've discussed laptops in education before and the importance of condoms and lockpicks. However, since its not to early to think about the Fall semester for incoming freshman, I was wondering what electronic devices people found most useful for college now. How do you keep yourself organized, a PDA of some sort or an old-fashioned calendar? What to take notes with, pencil and paper? Laptop? Palm pilot? Tape recorder? Or just too cool to take notes like in high school? 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."

Comments

Re:iBook

[gerf]

I chose the iBook because I liked it's look

Nuff said! Go home business/art major!

Next Ask Slashdot

[MisterFancypants]

Next Ask Slashdot:

How do you wipe your ass?

One sheet or two?

Two-ply?

Should I get a bidet, or are those only for stinky Europeans?

Re:Wireless notebooks in class

[aardvarkjoe]

Well, most people I know are paying for a diploma, not an education. If we wanted an education, we'd hole up in a library for a few years. Cheaper and you'd get more out of it.

Hear hear!

[Schezar]

I'm a senior at RIT (Rochester Institute of Technology), and I can't say I've learned ANYTHING that wouldn't have been obvious after a few minutes of research.

I'm paying $26 000 a year for 5 years for a little piece of paper that tells the big boys that it's ok to hire me (and to have fun in college). I'm NOT paying for an education.