the are quite useful when you actually try to do work, plus they're more convient than a desktop and you can take it anywhere
Do people really need laptops?
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Notes are a lot easier to organize when they're on a laptop. Also, you don't have to worry about running out of paper, or your pen running out of ink.
You can research stuff on the internet in class if the teacher tells you to go on to a website, as opposed to waiting for the next time you have access to a desktop.
I also need it to check my college e-mail, as my teachers are constantly sending me messages through it.
You can research stuff on the internet in class if the teacher tells you to go on to a website, as opposed to waiting for the next time you have access to a desktop.
I also need it to check my college e-mail, as my teachers are constantly sending me messages through it.
When you're at a school, if it's anything like mine, it's either that or those horrid things the School likes to call 'School Computers'.
*shudder*
Otherwise, you can't go outside to a park and use a desktop, now can you?
It basically opens up a huge array of comfort and preference, more than just a chair and a desk.
*shudder*
Otherwise, you can't go outside to a park and use a desktop, now can you?
It basically opens up a huge array of comfort and preference, more than just a chair and a desk.
I'm almost never home, I'm constantly visiting my parents, my husbands parents (at separate houses) at school, sitting around for 3+ hours between classes at school.... yes I'm almost always with my laptop. My homework wouldn't get done on a desktop, unless I made more of a point to be home.
This way I don't have to transfer stuff between computers, I can sit where I like (reclining on the couch with the laptop is SO NICE! compared to sitting on a wooden chair) and... it just feels more personal.
I also like that I can write stories/work on DnD campaigns on my laptop... then bring it to session and DM from it. =D
This way I don't have to transfer stuff between computers, I can sit where I like (reclining on the couch with the laptop is SO NICE! compared to sitting on a wooden chair) and... it just feels more personal.
I also like that I can write stories/work on DnD campaigns on my laptop... then bring it to session and DM from it. =D
Yes I need my laptop. I am a programmer and i hate being tied to a desk when coding. I like to go sit in the woods around my house when I code sometimes (yeah i know its weird but i have a bench out there and its within wifi range of my house). Also when coding in group with other people it is much easier to move laptops around than desktops.
I have a tiny laptop I find mines useful for searching the internet in ad breaks while watching tv, reading stuff while I lie in bed and knocking together powerpoint presentations for uni when I have a break in classes (saving me time when I get home).
Yes, I like the user who posted that comment "You don't need a MacBook Pro to get on Facebook" and this is precisely what I see people do with those needlessly overpriced laptops. If they aren't even doing anything productive why didn't they just get a cheap laptop? And seriously I see these exact same people in each class and each time they do the same thing, they never do any real work.
At my school we have plenty of decent computers, lots actually (We're one of two big universities in the state and we have a great Computer department). They're all really new Dell computers and each lab has at least like 50 of them and we have like five labs all around campus. We also have a bunch of them in our library plus rentable laptops. There are always computers someone can use and they're fine for that. Personally I dislike the outdoors so I prefer just the same to sit indoors and get work done where I can listen to my surround sound playing music or something while I'm working. I hate that on my laptop I have to bring the earpods everywhere because I don't want to just blast the stuff out of the crummy laptop speaker (Even though it's Altec Lansing - as much as that means anymore). To compare I could type papers and do work on my nice 24" Samsung S-PVA monitor matte finish or I could use my laptop's 15.4" gloss screen and be irritated by the inconsistent lighting of the cheap TN panel that it uses or the smudges and reflections of everything around me (especially would be bad if I tried to use it outside).
I'm the complete opposite of many of you - I find if I try to do work with my laptop I can't get anything done, I can only get real work done with my desktop PC. Any place I try to use my laptop is much noisier and busy than my room with my computer in it. Too many distractions for me to concentrate on getting what I set out to do done. Maybe some of you have privacy issues where you use your desktop but mine is in my room and no one ever comes in for more than a second to ask me a question or tell me something and then leave. I also hate wireless connections, we have a super powerful router with like Wireless N+ technology and even though it's in the basement in my room almost directly above the router my reception sucks. I prefer my reliable wired connection on my desktop which only runs the risk of problems from our ISP which are actually quite frequent - I'd probably never get anything done internet wise on my laptop.
I find it funny that so many of you seem like you'd shrivel up and die without access to a computer every day in some form. We went on vacation two years ago and I had my laptop at the time but left it at home. To me vacation meant escape from everything and that meant to hell with checking the computer all the time. I had my iPhone for checking emails and that's all I really needed (I could've done without it then). I mean like people can't go without being entertained by their computer for any time at all. I embrace going to campus as a time to get away from the computer.
Someone had posted about not needing computers or anything at all - I'll agree to that. I sometimes wish for a day and age where computers never existed for us to know of. We'd all get along just fine without and sometimes I think the simpler life was better. None of this cell phone stuff so we can text someone every five minutes and see where they are. Don't need any of it. I mean "need" mostly in the sense that lots of people do feel that they need this stuff.
I honestly probably haven't even pulled the laptop out of the bag in closer to a year. I mean it has like a 1.6 GHz C2D in it compared to my desktop's 3 GHz C2D and it only has 2 GB of ram to my desktop's 4 GB, Only like a 160 GB hard drive on the laptop to my desktops 500 GB hard drive plus a 320 GB secondary drive. Eh, the usefulness of being able to be portable is lost on me - I guess some people are just more "portable" kind of people, I'm more stationary. Until laptops have 24" screens or something I think I'll pass (I mean as it is I'm looking to get a 30" NEC display or Samsung with a 2560 x 1600 resolution to use with my desktop, using a 15.4" screen at 1440 x 900 resolution is HIDEOUS to my eyes) and they'd be too big and bulky to use then anyway. They're nothing more than toys to me, I cannot honestly ever see myself getting any work done with a laptop. I'm not saying gaming laptops are more sensible but that would be the only kind I'd ever be able to make myself use more regularly.
At my school we have plenty of decent computers, lots actually (We're one of two big universities in the state and we have a great Computer department). They're all really new Dell computers and each lab has at least like 50 of them and we have like five labs all around campus. We also have a bunch of them in our library plus rentable laptops. There are always computers someone can use and they're fine for that. Personally I dislike the outdoors so I prefer just the same to sit indoors and get work done where I can listen to my surround sound playing music or something while I'm working. I hate that on my laptop I have to bring the earpods everywhere because I don't want to just blast the stuff out of the crummy laptop speaker (Even though it's Altec Lansing - as much as that means anymore). To compare I could type papers and do work on my nice 24" Samsung S-PVA monitor matte finish or I could use my laptop's 15.4" gloss screen and be irritated by the inconsistent lighting of the cheap TN panel that it uses or the smudges and reflections of everything around me (especially would be bad if I tried to use it outside).
I'm the complete opposite of many of you - I find if I try to do work with my laptop I can't get anything done, I can only get real work done with my desktop PC. Any place I try to use my laptop is much noisier and busy than my room with my computer in it. Too many distractions for me to concentrate on getting what I set out to do done. Maybe some of you have privacy issues where you use your desktop but mine is in my room and no one ever comes in for more than a second to ask me a question or tell me something and then leave. I also hate wireless connections, we have a super powerful router with like Wireless N+ technology and even though it's in the basement in my room almost directly above the router my reception sucks. I prefer my reliable wired connection on my desktop which only runs the risk of problems from our ISP which are actually quite frequent - I'd probably never get anything done internet wise on my laptop.
I find it funny that so many of you seem like you'd shrivel up and die without access to a computer every day in some form. We went on vacation two years ago and I had my laptop at the time but left it at home. To me vacation meant escape from everything and that meant to hell with checking the computer all the time. I had my iPhone for checking emails and that's all I really needed (I could've done without it then). I mean like people can't go without being entertained by their computer for any time at all. I embrace going to campus as a time to get away from the computer.
Someone had posted about not needing computers or anything at all - I'll agree to that. I sometimes wish for a day and age where computers never existed for us to know of. We'd all get along just fine without and sometimes I think the simpler life was better. None of this cell phone stuff so we can text someone every five minutes and see where they are. Don't need any of it. I mean "need" mostly in the sense that lots of people do feel that they need this stuff.
I honestly probably haven't even pulled the laptop out of the bag in closer to a year. I mean it has like a 1.6 GHz C2D in it compared to my desktop's 3 GHz C2D and it only has 2 GB of ram to my desktop's 4 GB, Only like a 160 GB hard drive on the laptop to my desktops 500 GB hard drive plus a 320 GB secondary drive. Eh, the usefulness of being able to be portable is lost on me - I guess some people are just more "portable" kind of people, I'm more stationary. Until laptops have 24" screens or something I think I'll pass (I mean as it is I'm looking to get a 30" NEC display or Samsung with a 2560 x 1600 resolution to use with my desktop, using a 15.4" screen at 1440 x 900 resolution is HIDEOUS to my eyes) and they'd be too big and bulky to use then anyway. They're nothing more than toys to me, I cannot honestly ever see myself getting any work done with a laptop. I'm not saying gaming laptops are more sensible but that would be the only kind I'd ever be able to make myself use more regularly.
The main thing I have against actually buying a laptop is the difficulties involved in upgrading it as the need arises (from what I've understood, many components of a laptop are practically impossible to switch for another or it is extremely exepnsive in comparison to doing it with a PC).
Hence, I prefer PC's over laptops when it comes to gaming, surfing the web, drawing, listening to music etc. etc.
Though a laptop does have certain uses for me as well, like for instance keeping track of figures or playing background music when im playing role playing games with my friends (im very fond of giving the gaming a customized musical score whenever im acting as the GM, in order to enhance the mood and a laptop can certainly be useful for that since I can keep all the songs on it and easilly hook it up to a decent set of speakers).
So im not opposed to the idea of having a rugged and crappy laptop for usage when portability is necessary. But I wouldn't fork out any enormous sums on a laptop (even one designed for gaming), because once it's outdated you pretty much have to buy a new one, while a PC can be upgraded on the go a lot more cheaply and easily for several years to come if I want to.
Hence, I prefer PC's over laptops when it comes to gaming, surfing the web, drawing, listening to music etc. etc.
Though a laptop does have certain uses for me as well, like for instance keeping track of figures or playing background music when im playing role playing games with my friends (im very fond of giving the gaming a customized musical score whenever im acting as the GM, in order to enhance the mood and a laptop can certainly be useful for that since I can keep all the songs on it and easilly hook it up to a decent set of speakers).
So im not opposed to the idea of having a rugged and crappy laptop for usage when portability is necessary. But I wouldn't fork out any enormous sums on a laptop (even one designed for gaming), because once it's outdated you pretty much have to buy a new one, while a PC can be upgraded on the go a lot more cheaply and easily for several years to come if I want to.
Well, it's not all about college kids. I know that business men would kill people to get their laptops back, as well as anyone who's job requires a lot of travel.
I also DO use it to do my schoolwork, because honestly, not only is it more formal than my chicken scratch handwriting, but it's easier, faster, and looks better too.
I also DO use it to do my schoolwork, because honestly, not only is it more formal than my chicken scratch handwriting, but it's easier, faster, and looks better too.
We don?t need laptops, but we technically don?t need beds, water heaters, air conditioning, electricity, and food for about five or so days.
Laptops are just one of those things that make life easier. It is portable computer with its own power source. If you are on the go you can still work on things and type important papers. You have the convince of easy access to your computer files. Even when you are not on the go, laptops do not tend to take up that much space, unlike normal computers that have a bulky, heavy processor and monitor.
Also laptops can be used as all sorts of things. You can use it to watch and present movies. You can upload files. You can record sound and images no the laptop. It is a small tool that can do so much for us.
Laptops are just one of those things that make life easier. It is portable computer with its own power source. If you are on the go you can still work on things and type important papers. You have the convince of easy access to your computer files. Even when you are not on the go, laptops do not tend to take up that much space, unlike normal computers that have a bulky, heavy processor and monitor.
Also laptops can be used as all sorts of things. You can use it to watch and present movies. You can upload files. You can record sound and images no the laptop. It is a small tool that can do so much for us.
When I have a big paper to write, it usually takes quite a bit of time to do so. Normally I would have to sit in front of the family?s main computer and just sit there typing for several hours until done.
With a laptop I can do so much more. I am not limited to sitting in front of a computer for several hours because laptops are portable. Often I might just lie down in bed and type directly form there.
Also if I can type everything on a laptop, that frees up the family computer so someone else can go on it to look something up or to do something.
Another thing that is cool is that laptops can survive a long while without being plugged in, so I can move around with my laptop without worrying about tangled cords and wire. If I need to do work or look at something I just find a place to sit, and from that place I can go straight to work.
Not having a laptop is not too important, but if you have work to do, especially for students and the like, laptops can really help you.
With a laptop I can do so much more. I am not limited to sitting in front of a computer for several hours because laptops are portable. Often I might just lie down in bed and type directly form there.
Also if I can type everything on a laptop, that frees up the family computer so someone else can go on it to look something up or to do something.
Another thing that is cool is that laptops can survive a long while without being plugged in, so I can move around with my laptop without worrying about tangled cords and wire. If I need to do work or look at something I just find a place to sit, and from that place I can go straight to work.
Not having a laptop is not too important, but if you have work to do, especially for students and the like, laptops can really help you.
It is always nice to be able to move around. If you do get a laptop, once it is charged you can choose where you want to work and where you want to do things. You get to decide where and when. Getting a laptop will give you more freedom of location when doing work. Also, if you have a big family, by you typing on a laptop, that would free up the other computer for things your family wants to do.Pimppeter2 said:
They're pretty handy when you have the shits. Just set it on the counter go to hulu and then the stress of turning inside out is lessened by episodes of 'the office'