<p>Do most kids at college have a laptop or a desktop?</p>
<p>do a search.... there have been many threads discussing this.</p>
<p>Generally, depends on the school but I think most are now favoring laptops</p>
<p>Laptops, easier to carry home and bring to school.</p>
<p>I think most still have desktops. They are cheaper and more powefull. Most people dont cary computers to class and are just fine working in their rooms.</p>
<p>Not that laptops are horrid or anything</p>
<p>Keep one thing in mind: You don't really need a lot of power to do most college homework unless you have a major or classes that require demanding programs. </p>
<p>My oldest brother is a music major and he has a cheap laptop.</p>
<p>I prefer desktops though..</p>
<p>Depending on what school you go to and what type of person you are, there might not be room for a desktop. I say laptop.</p>
<p>I'm doing both but then again it wouldnt be hard for me to convince myself to become a CS major. I'm bringing an Athlon-64 desktop thats got plenty of power and storage and will used for most things as well as a lease-return Thinkpad (that is better than a cheepo dell for the same price) thats running linux and can travel with me to the library and such as well as allowing me to do linux-work.</p>
<p>you know, i'm a junior in highskool and i have a desk-note....</p>
<p>it's the size of a laptop... but it's as powerful as a desktop...</p>
<p>... i have 4 other desktops at home, but i have larger CPU, largest RAM
and works faster than any of the other... and the other 4 pcs were
just bought off the market...</p>
<p>.. so you should look into that...
it's just that... unlike a laptop, my desk-note doesn't have an internal
batteries... so i have an external ones that weight about .7 lbs..
.. i'mma take this to college and on to my future jobs...</p>
<p>.. it's a beautiful babe....</p>
<p>I would chose a desktop. The reasoning? I would say, even though I'm not in college, that what would be the point in taking your laptop to class? You will probably jolt to yell, "Because I have to take notes." I mean I type alot faster than I can actually write, but I'd still take hand-written notes! What if you have to draw a table, or graph? Sure you can do it on the computer, but that takes time, and time that the professor won't give to you, just because you have to set up a chart or graph. Desktops are: cheaper and stronger (in terms of memory and speed).</p>
<p>I agree with glucose, I also don't think the professor or any students would appreciate the occasionally loud clatter of someone's fingers trying to keep up with lectures.</p>
<p>The ability to transport a laptop outside or to a library seems to be very appealing. But switching from my 19" LCD monitor is definitely going to be hard.</p>
<p>I don't know right now, but I am think about bring a laptop, a docking station, a nice large LCD monitor, keyboard, and mouse. The problem is I don't know if I'll have enough room.</p>
<p>I rarely take my laptop out. The only occassions are when I get tired studying in my dorm room and during long hours of work (as in job) in the library.</p>