Uncharted lands

[a_spoonerism]

Hey hey hey, friends list. I'm sitting in the UCen now, as I was let out of my honors math seminar early and now have about 45 minutes until my first music appreciation lecture. I found a rather luxurious armchair to inhabit. To complete the setting I should probably buy a cup of coffee from the nearby coffee shop, but unfortunately I'm far too

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[i_got_one]

Some of us take note by hand, therefore eliminating the need to carry even undersized laptops around with us.

[a_spoonerism]

I too take handwritten notes in 3/4 of my classes. However, were you a student of computer science, you would find it difficult to program on a pad of paper. The built-in java compiler in my handwritten notebook is pretty slow, so I like having my marginally faster computer with me.

[thunderbird127]

I'm with Sam, my laptop almost never leaves my apartment.

[pickpocketsmile]

Most of my professors get the screaming habdabs about people taking out their laptops in class, but they're mostly English professors- they think it's powered by demons.

I personally do not take notes at all.

[watery_memories]

JESSICA! I WILL RESPOND TO THIS ENTRY IN ALL CAPS!

Okay, I lie.

I'm seriously considering getting one of those little laptops. I want to take notes on my laptop so desperately for organization's sake, but the battery only lasts for about 3 hours (and it seems that none of my lecture rooms have available outlets), and even though my current laptop is only medium sized (not a monstrosity like Sam's), it's still pretty painful to carry around with my textbooks and notebooks all day.

Ignore those fools who claim weakness on our parts; I'll bet they've never even attempted to carry around their laptops to and from class. >.>

On that note, why did you buy the RAM upgrade (and if I bought one, should I buy the upgrade, too?)

[a_spoonerism]

I bought the RAM upgrade because I'm incredibly picky about the speed of my computer, and because in the eventuality that I need to install another operating system that requires more memory to run properly, (Vista comes to mind,) 1.5 GB is a minimum for good performance.

If you're planning on keeping XP, you really won't need an upgrade unless you want to run several audio/visual intensive applications at once. Also if you do get it, you'll need to open up the back of your computer and replace the chip.

[watery_memories]

Well, my current laptop is Vista. Assuming I won't face compatability issues between the two, maybe I don't need the upgrade afterall, seeing as all I want to do is take notes (and browse the web).

[mikokit]

Hackaday.com (.net?) Has some good mods for the Eee.