<p>How many people use a laptop in their classes? If you do, then do you use it to take notes, or do you use it to review your own notes or for powerpoint slides?</p>
<p>Last semester, I only saw one dude bring his laptop to all the classes I went to, and that was in English class, completely unnecessary because there weren't much notes to take anyways, we mostly just listened.</p>
<p>At Mount Union they always made us go to these dumb convocations and I always brought the laptop to them. Always played Blackjack during convos. Thankfully there are no convos at LaRoche that I'm aware of.</p>
<p>At Olin most students take laptops to at least some classes, and sometimes a teacher will tell the class ahead of time that laptops will be needed for class. </p>
<p>Sometimes I use my laptop to take notes [in LaTeX if it's a math-ish class], but more often I use software [like Matlab, Solidworks, Femlab, EES, etc] to work on labs and in-class projects.</p>
<p>History class: half of the students brought their laptops because the professor speaks faster than the speed of light ;)</p>
<p>no, not at my school.</p>
<p>almost no laptops in class.</p>
<p>i think they're silly.</p>
<p>Sometimes in /highschool/ I wish I had a laptop...there was that one weird kid who brought a laptop to every one of his classes and people were all "***" and in his face about it, but if I had one I'd bring it! It's a lot easier to take notes on a laptop, and my writing is illlegible when I get bored and sleepy, haha.</p>
<p>I brought my laptop to some classes. But as I hit my 20s, my back became less forgiving of the weight...</p>
<p>one girl brought one to one class once. no one really brings them to class just the study lounges and libraries. get a laptop though it was a great choice for me!</p>
<p>I had a history teacher who talked really fast, and I started taking my computer with me to class to take notes. I acutally found that it was more of a hinderance than a help. When I took notes by hand, I couldn't get down every word she was saying, but I was forced to really think about what the important bits were. When I was typing, I could type almost as fast as she could talk, so I could write everything that she said, but when it came time to study for the test, I had more notes than I could really manage.</p>
<p>^ very true, and that's why I took my notes by hand. Though many laptop users in my history class was able to type every single word that came out of his mouth.</p>
<p>i only ever took my laptop to one class (just a one time occurance) and that's just because i needed to work on a paper for another class.</p>
<p>I've been using my Laptop to take notes in my classes for a little bit now. It was not something I had really planned on doing, it just happened with time. I'm a history major though, so it's not all that uncommon.</p>
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When I was typing, I could type almost as fast as she could talk, so I could write everything that she said, but when it came time to study for the test, I had more notes than I could really manage.
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<p>But being able to record notes faster should also leave you with more time to pick and choose what's important to get down if that's what you want to do.</p>
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But being able to record notes faster should also leave you with more time to pick and choose what's important to get down if that's what you want to do.
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<p>Granted. But instead of picking and choosing, I just typed everything, more or less because I could. In addition, it's easier to go on autopilot when you're typing than when you're writing.</p>