<p>A few quick questions for a current student -- the new student guide book arrived and says that a desk and chair are supplied in the dorm rooms for each student. What type of chair? Do many students bring their own swivel-style desk chair? Fans are suggested. Better small fan or larger floor-style fan? The guide suggests bringing a desk lamp. What about a reading lamp by the bed? Is there any frame to clip the lamp to?
thanks.</p>
<p>What type of chair? </p>
<p>A really cruddy wooden quasi-rocker chair with cloth cushions for your butt and back.</p>
<p>Do many students bring their own swivel-style desk chair? </p>
<p>Yes.</p>
<p>Fans are suggested. Better small fan or larger floor-style fan? </p>
<p>Both can work. Just depends on how you like to configure your room and where you'd put the fan.</p>
<p>The guide suggests bringing a desk lamp. What about a reading lamp by the bed? Is there any frame to clip the lamp to? </p>
<p>Yes, yes.</p>
<p>could somebody please elaborate on the orientation adventures </p>
<p>I was just wondering what percentage of students participate in it and which ones are recommended. </p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>Everyone does it...as far as which is better, depends on what you are into (beach, city, hiking, etc.) It also depends on how "rugged" you would like to be.</p>
<p>hi millertime or anyone who goes to Pomona,
firstly, i was just wondering about alcohol at pomona. is it accessible for underage students or does everyone have to show an ID? and how often are there parties with alcohol (not only at Pomona, but at any of the 5 Cs)? i am a prospective student, not a freakish parent, btw.</p>
<p>secondly, i was wondering about academics: how many hours a week do you think you spend doing work outside of class? is pomona really that intense in the academic department in terms of workload?
thanks so much</p>
<p>hahah, way to ask about alcohol before academics, tac...GREAT location too</p>
<p>So that's the question Mac or PC</p>
<p>What do you want to use your computer for? Macs are more "reliable", cost a lot, and generally aren't as good with heavy programs (photo shop etc.) but do user friendly Internet and email really well. PCs are a bit buggy-er, cost less at any level of performance, and can run the big programs. Pomona supports both systems fully.</p>
<p>Macs are really good with photoshop, from our experience. The high school journalism and yearbook classes use Macs with photoshop exclusively. I think gaming is their weakness, but their great for all kinds of web and graphic design.</p>
<p>red covered that very well...</p>
<p>I probably have some bias...but was a long time windows user until I switch over to the MacBook Pro in April and have since fallen in love. I think for most college students, a Mac is probably the best choice. They're well and intuitively built, reliable, and come with just about all the software (although the third party selections can be limited) you'll ever need...everything just runs well.</p>
<p>The two things that might drive you away from a Mac, besides swearing by windows, would probably be price and performance. </p>
<p>Macs are generally more expensive than their PC counterparts. If price isn't too big of a deal, I think Mac is the way to go...and even If it is, I think you're getting a lot more for your dollar (the software, OS X, I expect this to last longer than the Dell laptops my family have had that I've watched fall apart (yes, that was plural...screens..keyboards...you name it). There are also some great deals on Macs right now. In addition to a student discount (10%) through the education section of the student store, they're also giving away free Ipod Nanos (up to a $179 value...which is the 2 GB I think). </p>
<p>The other issue that might push you toward PC would be performance. I think the gap has been significantly narrowed with the new MacBooks and their Intel chips, but even so, higher-end PCs typically out perform Macs. More kinks in the Macs should be straightened out as more and more software becomes universal (currently old programs are run through Rosetta). If you're planning on a lot of video editing in particular or gaming or advanced photoshop work or web design, things probably won't run quite as quickly. I think there will be less of a difference when doing those last two (photoshop, web design), as ASAP noted...although keep in mind that more advanced Photoshop processes demand more speed and memory (if you plan to batch or automate large number of files...I do wish my filter gallery updated a little quicker too). To my knowledge, Pomona won't give students copies of Photoshop for personal computers (please correct me if I'm wrong) and a functioning copy of Photoshop is harder to come by, although not impossible.</p>
<p>Oh and if you get a Mac, get more memory..but not through them. Apple rips you off there....much much cheaper memory can be found online and I'm sure it won't be hard to find someone on campus that can easily help you install it.</p>
<p>I hope that helps. Please disagree though.</p>