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Imperial College London

London

Freshers, are you taking a desktop or a laptop?

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Reply 20

TheCrackFox

iPad.

Imperial College London

London

Both.

laptop

despite hating the stupid continuously overheating thing

Reply 23

HotCoco.

cyborg

Thinking about it desktop+netbook seems like a good idea - you can just use dropbox to sync files across and use the netbook over wi-fi around campus :yep:

Never heard of this before but googled it and it looks good! :woo:

Reply 24

Lakiqxstax

Laptop, not sure what to do with my desktop. My laptop is a convertible tablet pc so I got it with the intention of taking notes, but now I think I'll leave it back in my room and just use good old pen and paper for lecture notes

Reply 25

cyborg

HotCoco.

Never heard of this before but googled it and it looks good! :woo:

It's really good - there is even support for phones as well.

Reply 26

JakeyTheSnake

Personally I'm taking my laptop. Envisage my setup:

A nice little Acer laptop, 1.6gHz dual core processor with 2 gigs of RAM - I can carry around it and make notes on it if I wish. But in my room I have it set up like a desktop - to my 27" monitor/TV, with a keyboard, mouse and external HDD. The internal is 160GB but I've just run out of space on it. And no, I'm not using it for gaming, hence the specs.

Reply 27

ily_em

Laptop. I know I could probably have got a better spec desktop for less but I like having a laptop at home so I can move it around the house rather than stay in my room. Therefore it's what I'll have to use when I go to uni, even if I don't move it around as much.

Reply 28

TOMzors

laptop

my desktop is far to big and heavy to lug to uni...

Reply 29

notchip

My laptop needed replacing anyway and so I agonised over it but decided on a laptop so I can bring it home on the train to work on stuff over Christmas. I'm waiting for my MacBook that I ordered yesterday and it's a little smaller than I'm used to and so I'm gonna see how it goes and then think about getting a mouse/keyboard combo for use in my room...

Reply 30

vertigo.0012

Laptop, cause it's the one I have now at home!

Reply 31

negotiator90

i guess most the international and eu students would bring in their laptops,
which i will also be doing.

Reply 32

rhysac

My two year old laptop. Don't think I'll be taking it around campus though, as the battery only lasts for about 30mins! :P

Reply 33

SharinganxPhunk

Seeing as I have a laptop, it'll be a laptop I'm taking =]

Reply 34

sunny_D

I'm taking a laptop because it new & just awesome :biggrin:

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Is anyone taking their printer as well?

I was thinking it may be a good idea since it will save money & would be less hassle to print stuff out yourself. What do you guys think?

I'm taking my desktop and my soon to be bought macbook along. With any luck it won't be overkill.

Reply 37

gared007

Desktop. Love my music too much and I don't see the point in having an external harddrive on a laptop (in case anyone was suggesting it). A glorious 1.5TB with Q6600, GTX260 Black Edition and 4 Gigs of RAM with win 7 should do it. Plus I'm taking up my 32" LG and my small 17" for dual screening like home.

I completely understand people taking laptops though lol I'll just need to stick with pen and paper.

Reply 38

trumpetboy101

lol this is starting to turn into a spec. showdown! GTX 285m SLI wins!

Good point about the printer- do any current students have advice? I have a big laser printer which has gotten me through my A-levels (past papers!) but since I just wanna bring a couple of laptops, this is pretty much a double in tech stuff. Would be heavy.

Tell us about tech insurance. I plan on taking 2 laptops; is there a standard insurance package or can the cover and cost vary?