<p>[1] Should I bring a laptop or a desktop to Columbia?</p>
<p>[2] How is the wireless network at Columbia??</p>
<p>[3] What percentage of students bring laptops to class?</p>
<p>I plan on bringing a laptop to Columbia, and it would seem like most students have laptops at Columbia.</p>
<p>The following link takes you to a map of the wireless coverage at Columbia.</p>
<p>just to let you guys know, cornell just passed you in the post count!</p>
<p>when's the best time to buy the computer/laptop?
is intel coming out with new processors or something this year?</p>
<p>I am not fully sure with what Intel is doing, and I have heard some speculation as to Mac finally figuring out a way to use that liquid cooling system and produce the new Powerbook G5 in early 2006. </p>
<p>I would say get your computer just before school starts because most companies have deals for college students.</p>
<p>The only issue I have with Columbia's WiFi coverage is that it doesn't go into the actual dorms. So I am thinking about buying an Airport Extreme when I get my Powerbook G4. Anybody else think that this is a good idea or could explain how large the radius is with an Airport and the anti-hacking software pre-installed?</p>
<p>It'll be 2006 'till the new powerbook G5? I can't wait that long!</p>
<p>That is what I heard, although, I think its prolly speculation. Apple is having a difficult time with the liquid cooling system. Anyways, I hope it comes out in '06.</p>
<p>it doesn't have to be liquid-cooled. IBM is working on a new low-power consumption G5. Apple is waiting on that, not for a miniaturized liquid-cooling system.</p>
<p>Even if Apple were to have a liquid cooling system with the existing chip, it sucks up too much battery to be worth it. Apple is waiting on the low-power G5 chip. THink of it as the Mac's Pentium "M" equivalent.</p>
<p>There are an obscene number of computers on campus (seriously)! And you can also get wireless....everywhere! Bring a laptop; it's much more convenient,, especially if it's sunny outside and you want to work on the Low steps or just study in Lerner or Butler library---or even if you want to take it to a lecture.</p>
<p>Oh yeah...bringing laptops to class..</p>
<p>They're annoying in small discussion-type classes, but a lot of people take them to lectures (some professors ban them if they get to be a disturbance).</p>