<p>I'm 450lbs and I was wondering if walking around campus would....</p>
<p>haha, just kidding...but in all seriousness --</p>
<p>In terms of laptops how heavy would you all consider to be too heavy? This is going to be my only machine so I'm going to need computing power/features but I'm just curious what weight range should I be able to get the latest/greatest into...</p>
<p>Any insight is greatly appreciated. :D</p>
<p>i'd say anything above 7 pounds or so......if your'e gonna be takin it around alot, you should look in to the slim series...that way it won't take up much bookbag space either</p>
<p>If you're 450 lbs you really need to lose some weight. Being so heavy is really unhealthy and you could die. People will make fun of you in college too. Especially your roomate if you fart a lot.</p>
<p>I'd go for no more than 6 lbs in my opinion</p>
<p>Well I don't plan on carrying it around a whole lot .. just for those occasions where I feel like doing homework outside or in the event that I need to take it to class.</p>
<p>then there is no "too heavy" if its only on occasion, it wont matter.</p>
<p>So 10lbs would be ok. Yay - thx for your responses folks.</p>
<p>Typical battery life for the desktop replacement laptops (those 10 lb+) run around 2 hours. You shouldn't expect to do homework outside for long. </p>
<p>Something to consider: most laptops have lcd screens that wash out in bright sunlight. Look for some shade if you want to study "al fresco". </p>
<p>Taking your laptop to class: if you get a 17" model, think about balancing it on a typical high school student desk. Even a 15.4" laptop takes up a lot of real estate. Need to open up a text book? Good luck!</p>
<p>The real test on using a laptop in class: just start typing away on your keyboard. How much noise are you making? Now imagine if you're in a quiet classroom and a couple of you with laptops are pounding on your keyboard... That's a lot of noise in a small room. I can almost guarantee that you won't be typing notes for long.</p>
<p>You may want to consider a powerful desktop machine.</p>
<p>Nothing above 6 pounds (especially if you have to lug the powerbrick along too). </p>
<p>Re: LCDs that wash out in sunlight, try Sony Vaios. They have XBRITE screens that hold up really nicely in sunlight.</p>
<p>Reflective screens don't wash out in sunlight, but how many times will you have you laptop outside? Probably not a relatively high percentage. However, reflective screens reflect (imagine that) artificial light. That means you'll be looking at a mirror image of yourself on the LCD when you're trying to type a term paper.</p>
<p>That's what I have. It doesn't bother me that much, and everything looks really sharp.</p>
<p>I'm going for 3.5 but I think that a 6-7 is pretty reasonable. When you get down the the really light ones you normally don't have an optical drive... that's what I'm doing and I hope I don't regret it.</p>
<p>Just a tip on taking notes in class. What I find works best is to write the notes by hand, and then make yourself a study guide from those notes. That way not only do you write them, but you must review, and in many cases rewrite them. it is rather time consuming, but it really does work.</p>
<p>If you can fork out the money, i recommend an S-Series or A-Series Sony Vaio. They're super-light and have optical drives. They also have a lot of power.</p>
<p>I have a sony vaio S380 with CD and DVD burner. And it only weighs 4.2lbs. It does have a lot of power, which means it tends to overheat. I still love it, no regrets, but it's something to remember.</p>
<p>The A-Series is not super light! LMAO. It's super-heavy! The A-Series is a 17'' desktop replacement which weighs around the 7-8 pound range.</p>
<p>In AP History in high school, I used my laptop in class to take notes. I was one of two people in the class who did that. It worked out really well, but mainly because I can type two or three times as fast as I can write. It also wasn't noisy at all.</p>
<p>oh yeah, A-Series is not light. I am really sorry I don't know what the heck I was thinking when i wrote that. Thanks to uc_benz for catching my mistake</p>
<p>I wish I had a laptop to take notes with in high school. You had to get special permission to use laptops in school (ie. disability). People would get their laptops confiscated because it was flaunting wealth or something.</p>
<p>Mine is 8lbs, it doesn't present a problem for me. We dont' really use laptops in the classroom at this school though (we don't take all that many notes), so it stays in my dorm all the time.</p>