When I was in school there was nothing better than a laptop. I bought a Compaq x1200 about 2 years ago for $1200 in one of those post christmas sales and it was one of my best computer purchases. The imac might be a nice desktop computer, but nothing beats going outside and using the campus wifi network to listen to music and do your homework. I also liked being able to whip out a draft to show a prof in his or her office, and taking my work home with me during breaks or study sessions.
Invariably students as a whole need a decent laptop with a bright screen and long battery life, and maybe a decent graphics chip for some forgiving games like civ 3 or WoW. I bought mine and still to this day find it much more useful than my desktop for office work (and the occasional game of civ 3).
The U-Force for old-school Nintendo? my friend bought that and really only a few games worked for it (Punchout was the most noteworthy). Now Nintendo is basically asking people adopt the same sort of control scheme (abit with much more current tech) just that this time you it isn't a "cool" option (Power glove can be throw in here too), it is a requirement. A big gamble if you ask me if the history of such devices is any kind of prediction to their sucess.
Yah I'll still buy it but thats because I 3 my DS and current consoles make my girlfriends jewelery look cheap.
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When I was in school there was nothing better than a laptop. I bought a Compaq x1200 about 2 years ago for $1200 in one of those post christmas sales and it was one of my best computer purchases. The imac might be a nice desktop computer, but nothing beats going outside and using the campus wifi network to listen to music and do your homework. I also liked being able to whip out a draft to show a prof in his or her office, and taking my work home with me during breaks or study sessions. Invariably students as a whole need a decent laptop with a bright screen and long battery life, and maybe a decent graphics chip for some forgiving games like civ 3 or WoW. I bought mine and still to this day find it much more useful than my desktop for office work (and the occasional game of civ 3).
The U-Force for old-school Nintendo? my friend bought that and really only a few games worked for it (Punchout was the most noteworthy). Now Nintendo is basically asking people adopt the same sort of control scheme (abit with much more current tech) just that this time you it isn't a "cool" option (Power glove can be throw in here too), it is a requirement. A big gamble if you ask me if the history of such devices is any kind of prediction to their sucess. Yah I'll still buy it but thats because I 3 my DS and current consoles make my girlfriends jewelery look cheap.