<p>Is it reasonable to bring a laptop to class? Will I have enough time to get it out, type notes, and then put it away? I'm planning on bringing a small one (a 15 inch screeen at the most and ~10 lbs) but I visited the campus and it's big...plus, only 15 minutes between classes? Eek.
Any suggestions?</p>
<p>Well, I plan to do that, I prefer type instead write, the only important thing is the battery, I will need the cable for electricity, I don’t think that the battery can resist all the day.</p>
<p>I can write shorthand and then go back to my room and type things up…it would be a double review. Perhaps I should do that. I was really looking forward to bringing my computer to class because I can type more efficiently than I can write.</p>
<p>LOL yes, you can bring laptops to class and have more than enough time for everything.</p>
<p>lol this also made me laugh. I remember when I was planning to take awesome notes and stuff during class… and how quickly that went away.</p>
<p>A lot of people bring their laptops to class, I agree that taking notes on a laptop is easier/faster. Do what works best for you. As for time, you will definitely have enough time between classes.</p>
<p>The campus is big, but generally all the classes are pretty well grouped. Next semester I have literally all my classes in the same building. One semester I had to walk clear across campus, so I just told my professor the situation and he was always okay with me being a couple minutes late. </p>
<p>Depending on what your major is will decide really whether or not you’ll actually want your laptop. For a lot of people it ends up being a distraction more then a tool, they end up checking facebook rather then actually taking notes. I personally have 2 laptops, a big one that I only bring if I intend to do intense work, and a baby 2-3 pound netbook that’s useful just for minor things.</p>
<p>Either way a lot of people bring laptops and have no issues with them, so you’ll be fine. It’s not like it takes your computer 10 minutes to start up.</p>
<p>Indeed, for I am an intended Biology/Biochem pre-med track. I’m pretty sure I’ll take notes on my laptop (whether I like it or not).
My dad is balking at buying a laptop because he insists I won’t have time to set up things or whatnot. Bleh to him, however. :P</p>
<p>You definitely need a laptop, even if not neccesarily to take notes in class, then for when you go to the library and stuff, study with friends, whatever. The issue is definitely not setting up before class (big lectures don’t have tons of outlets, but a lot of classes do, and I mean your computer should have enough of a battery that outlets isn’t an issue.) I have never seen someone have an issue with getting their computer started, especially since laptops can go into standby where the use barely any power but can restart in an instant.</p>
<p>The only thing is that for some classes it won’t be useful (Try writing a chem formula in a word document, BLEH) but overall it can be a useful tool.</p>
<p>^ I was asking myself the same thing! how can I write a chem lewis structure in Micro WORD??? hahhahaha maybe Paint would be helpful in that situation.</p>
<p>Nah, I’ll just bring a notebook for technical courses. Problem solved :)</p>
<p>lr2010, I actually took laptop notes in chem 1, it actually isn’t horrible once you get used to it, I can type Na+(OH)->NaOH, pretty fast, I also got the key commands for subscript and superscript down to a science, so it wasn’t horrible. But generally, I don’t recommend that to people. Usually it’s a good idea to have both a laptop and a notebook, so you can write stuff that doesn’t work to type.</p>
<p>You’re going to end up checking facebook. Just don’t. Also, 15 inches is not “small” for sure, and I remember having to walk with a 15 inch laptop that weighed 10 or 12 pounds from my dorm on University Ave. all the way down to NEB in the middle of the summer and how miserable I was.</p>
<p>D thought she was going to take her laptop to class. She quickly decided against it within the first week. She noticed so many kids with laptops open weren’t paying attention to lecture but were surfing. (Funny note: my s in an Economics class where the prof was talking about debt watched a girl next to him order 3 or 4 cute little outfits on line for her CAT). Anyway, D carries a couple of notebooks, I think, and that’s all. (She carries a vera bradley large tote or small backpack: with small umbrella, couple of notebooks … ocassionally athletic clothes if she has to be to the intramural field and she hasn’t had a chance to run back to her apartment) She goes to the computer lab between classes if she needs to get online or she has time to play around and surf and never had difficulty getting access to a computer. Plus, she doesn’t worry about getting her laptop wet if it’s raining and she’s running between classes, and she’s not tempted to “play.” We’ll see if that changes next year when she begins the engineering sequence for her major … not sure if she’ll need it or not.</p>
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<p>There’s a video on youtube (I can’t search for it right now - filtered) that shows someone who brought a typewriter to class. (I think they did it just as a joke, but it’s pretty great. And loud!)</p>
<p>[YouTube</a> - Kid brings typewriter to class HD another angle](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOQLvz0dt24&feature=related]YouTube”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOQLvz0dt24&feature=related) This one! hahahahaha lol</p>
<p>Why am I not surprised someone at GT did that…</p>
<p>Kid with a typerwiter - call me xD. You have a date with me anytime 
Just great.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NGV4YB9UWY[/url]”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NGV4YB9UWY</a> can’t beat that guy though.</p>