<p>Do any current students know anyone at Princeton who has both a desktop and a laptop computer?</p>
<p>Reason I ask is I have a very nice desktop that I built relatively recently, and wouldn't really want to abandon to go to university. I really value the additional speed and massive storage space I get with a desktop, etc. Also, I do some computer gaming, and laptops just don't cut it in that regard.</p>
<p>I was at April Hosting, and it seemed to me that the dorm rooms are probably to small to reasonably have both, but I guess maybe it could work if creative solutions were used. On the other hand, I suppose it could have just been that the rooms where I was were unusually small (as my host seemed to imply) - I was in Mathey, Campbell more specifically.</p>
<p>My son has two. As a freshman he took his desktop (he built it) because of nice speakers, speed and gaming. He did not want laptop.</p>
<p>Last year we also got him a laptop, and his desktop is coming home this summer (his choice). He has weened out of gaming so he does not need the power. Also, they don't let you connect two computers to the network. The space is an issue. Wait till they assign you a room. You can always 'see' how your room looks on-line.</p>
<p>It isn't about the gaming primarily, it's that I just built a $2200 computer that I don't intend to leave unused at home while I'm at university. Also, desktops are always better than laptops for their job (i.e. sitting on a desk being powerful). </p>
<p>The network thing could suck, I suppose - on the other hand, I could just use the desktop as a gateway to the network, getting two for the price of one...</p>
<p>I see your point. Really though besides for gaming, what's the point of having a desktop? Since most of your notes and work is going to be done on your laptop, transferring it back and forth would probably be too much of a pain to do.</p>
<p>Which leaves you with a desktop left unused at Princeton, as opposed to at home.</p>
<p>Freshman year I had both, it was nice-- it is an extra $150 or something if you want to be able to plug in both computers to the ethernet, although you could have your desktop take the physical connection and your laptop take the wireless. I never work at my desk any more though, after they instituted wireless in all of the dorms. The screen is especially nice, i find, but the computer itself is not so useful, unless you want to get a really cheap laptop and then you don't want to use it all of the time.</p>
<p>I've known a few people who've had both for various reasons. space shouldn't be your primary concern, as laptops hardly take up any space. and the network thing doesn't have to be either. you could unplug your desktop before using the laptop, or just use the laptop in class or whatever.</p>
<p>I have a desktop and laptop (an impeccably kept notebook vintage 2002). An excellent combination, I highly recommend it.</p>
<p>The key to the combination is the 512 MB to 1 GB flash drive. With this small accessory, I assure you desktop and laptop work fantastically in tandem.</p>