<p>I really want to take my desktop along with my labtop which will be a tiny ibook...I can take both right??</p>
<p>you can, but that seems like a waste of much needed space. it would be annoying to transfer data from one to the other constantly... if youre worried about the size of your ibook you can always buy a larger screen for it like zantedeschia did. ;)</p>
<p>Can't believe you remember little details like that.</p>
<p>Originally I had bought a vaio (13") and planned to bring my 17" LCD monitor, but I returned it and got a 15" Powerbook, so I'm going to wait and see if I need to bring the monitor. I'm the kind of person that needs LOTS of desk-space, so I don't want anything cluttering my desk. </p>
<p>I don't think it's really necessary to bring two computers, but it depends on whether you want to play games (desktop is better), how far you live from campus (shipping computers is annoying), and whether you want to sync the two all the time. I'm also wondering about the ethernet connection...since you only have one per person, can you even connect both to the network at the same time?? It really seems like a bit of hassle, so if you're worried about the 12" screen size, bring your old monitor (attaches easily with a VGA cable to your ibook) but not the whole computer.</p>
<p>o I did not know that you can connect your monitor to an ibook..for ethernet connection...if i bring my desktop and labtop....I can use the ethernet connection for desktop...and wireless internet for labtop... my desktop can just sit in the room...I just plan to use ibook for internet and doing work when I'm not in the room....otherwise I would rather buy the powerbook....but ibook is much cheaper</p>
<p>I know, creepy right? This summer has largely been one of sloth for me, so all I had to do was sit at CC absorbing various tidbits. The monitor is only the tip of the iceberg...</p>
<p>i brought 2 computers last year-- i had a perfectly good laptop (which turned out to be not so good by the end of the year) and I wanted a better desktop for videos and some gaming. It turned out to be useful, it's niec to have a big screen to work on, and I ended up gettinga new tiny laptop so that working in the library was easier. I really liked having both computers- i had a usb key to make transferring files easier. </p>
<p>You can have both computers online with one subscription if you give the mac address of the desktop as the ethernet one and the wireless card as the wireless mac address for the laptop. That means you can only use your laptop on the wireless network- but considering that they claim to have wireless service in the dorms it shouldnt be a bigdeal. YOu can also buy a second subscription for i think $100 for the year.. so not too much money</p>
<p>eeek filmxoxo, <em>feels stalked</em> :p</p>
<p>yea you can connect monitors to your ibook. Monitors cables/connections are either VGA (analog) or DVI (digital). I think the ibook has a miniport but when you buy it, it comes with an adapter for a regular sized one. My powerbook is DVI but it came with a VGA adapter.</p>
<p>I'm planning on taking both, for a few reasons:
1) I like typing on a real keyboard with a real monitor, and if I'm bringing both of those I might as well just bring the relatively small tower.
2) My desktop has a big hard drive, DVD writer, firewire port, etc. that my laptop doesn't, so I'd like to have those features (at least until I realize that I don't need them).
3) My desktop computer is one that I built myself last month, so I'd like to keep an eye on it for hardware issues.
4) Frankly, I'm afraid to leave my desktop with my family... last summer when I left for a month, I came back to find our desktop filled with viruses and spyware since no one knew how to fix anything.</p>
<p>My roommates and I are thinking of putting all our 3 beds in one room, so that we can have an extra study room - should be room for an extra computer :)</p>
<p>Yes, there should be an injunction against certain people using computers. I received an emergency call from home once about three viruses and a nasty trojan.</p>
<p>Yea I would be wary of leaving my precious desktop at home, but I've already filled it with a lot viruses so ehhh
This is why I'm counting on the macs = less viruses rumor.</p>
<p>haha its not really an option for those of us in the west =P. but....my laptop has a decently large harddrive, can write dvds, and has firewire...oooh snap.</p>
<p>seems like a waste of space to have both. why have a laptop then?</p>
<p>You forgot to mention the gigabit ethernet :p</p>
<p>i'm just bringing a laptop, but i'll also be bringing along a docking station so that i can use a monitor and keyboard while i'm in the dorm room. the monitor is flatscreen, so hopefully it won't end up taking to much space in the dorm.</p>
<p>No docking station...but I'm thinking of getting a USB hug for all my gadgets (camera, ipod, etc)
I might get bluetooth (another thing you forgot to mention, Shrek!) mouse/keyboard.</p>
<p>To shrek: you're right, my SCI laptop just got owned.... but it's not a huge "waste of space" to have the laptop, since its only about the size of a textbook. Worst comes to worst, I'll have a backup computer in case of a computer disaster (or if one of my roommates has a disaster)</p>
<p>haha oh zante how we love our powerbooks </p>
<p>::sigh:: (dreamily pictures the powerbook in my mind...oh wait i see it right in front of me....im typing on it....thats right, life is good) haha</p>
<p>look. You don't step into a lan party with a laptop. Period. End of Discussion.</p>
<p>But most people don't step into lan parties...<em>imagines roomful of geeks</em> sorry, couldn't help myself :p</p>