Laptop, PDA, Macbook, or paper and pencil?

College Life
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<p>? whats better in college and lectures?</p>

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<p>Pencil and paper!<br>
No batteries, no annoying other students by making tappy noises in lectures and VERY cheap!</p>

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<h1>1 there is a computer section</h1>

<h1>2 nobody uses there laptops in class unless its like some gen ed class and they feel like playing games or you have a computer related class</h1>

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<p>A tablet PC.</p>

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<p>Paper and pen :)</p>

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<p>ya i heard some schools give you tablet laptops so u can use during all your classes like st. louis college of pharmacy.</p>

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<p>Paper and pen.
its cheaper</p>

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<p>Doesn't Macbook fall under the category of laptop? And schools don't just give away computers. It's already in your fees.</p>

<p>I use pencil and paper.</p>

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<p>I would vote pencil and paper. You never know when you'll need to draw something, make a 2 column list, write larger or smaller, change color . . . . all the flexibility is there with doing it analog.</p>

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<p>A big vote for the Tablet PC… You write on the screen as you would on a piece of paper. No annoying other people with typing (especially in small classes). Your written notes are searchable. Math and diagrams are no problem.</p>

<p>The US Air Force Academy Class of 2011 is all Tablet PC. See: </p>

<p><a href="http://www.usafa.org/zoomienews/stories/8-23Computer.aspx%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.usafa.org/zoomienews/stories/8-23Computer.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Another great resource is: <a href="http://www.studenttabletpc.com/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.studenttabletpc.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>It’s a site run by students for students interested in using Tablet PCs in school. Their front page has some great information on how to organize your class notes and their top story is about a new and free flash card program for Tablet PCs.</p>

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<p>Pen and paper. My huge-ass 17inch laptop stays in my room.</p>

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<p>Depends on your prof. I use my laptop in lectures where the prof speaks quickly and its hard to get everything down otherwise. If I have a boring prof, a computer is only a distraction so I bring a notebook and pen. Its also easier to take notes on a laptop if you're in a humanities class - science and math classes havec diagrams and equations that you need to draw. </p>

<p>If you plan to use your laptop in class more often than not, definetly go for a smaller size. Mine is 12.1'' and I love it. If you're a gamer, maybe have a desktop as well - I know a lot of guys who have a huge desktop screen for games/movies and then a laptop just for taking to class.</p>

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<p>What I find with laptops is that I write down too much. I spend my energy just trying to type EVERYTHING instead of really weeding out the important stuff. With pen/paper, I'm much more likely to just bullet, weed out main ideas, summarize in my own words, etc. (all FAR more helpful than a transcript come study time).</p>

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<p>You mean weed out the unimportant stuff ;)</p>

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<p>lol.. he gave the macbook its own category. LAME</p>

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A tablet PC.

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<p>I disagree. My friend had one of these things at a program I attended and needless to say, it was not the same as writing on a piece of paper. I'm not exactly sure of the specs of the computer, but the reaction time for my handwriting to appear on the screen wasn't exactly close to 100%. Also, erasing was a total b**ch since either you've got the technique down, or you're just making a bunch of scribbles.</p>

<p>Plus, I was never a fan of referencing things from computer files or reading academic stuff off of a computer screen. I've also found laptops to be a distraction in most cases - people just tend to go on Facebook and surf the internet instead of actually paying attention to the lecture.</p>

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I disagree. My friend had one of these things at a program I attended and needless to say, it was not the same as writing on a piece of paper. I'm not exactly sure of the specs of the computer, but the reaction time for my handwriting to appear on the screen wasn't exactly close to 100%. Also, erasing was a total b**ch since either you've got the technique down, or you're just making a bunch of scribbles.

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I used a table PC once at work, and it was very natural. Reaction time was or very close to 100%. It recognized my handwriting very easily (no mistakes). Erasing WAS scribbling; once you cross something out, it erased itself. I'm not sure if this was specific to the computer or program I was using, but it certainly was nice.</p>

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Erasing WAS scribbling;

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<p>Yeah, that's what I was trying to say.</p>