[ad99797]

(Original post by viksta1000)

• 1 good laptop
• 2 reasonably large memory sticks (4-8GB)
• 1 external hard drive - to store the masses of movies/tv shows you'll watch in your spare time
• 1 pair of 2.1 (atleast) speakers - i.e the ones with a sub and two satelite speakers - v. handy for
  
  hall parties
• 1 Phone - any will do, Android preferred
• 1 iPad - very good for storing PDF books instead of buying them (uni books are a rip-off)
• 1 Printer - there'll be a day when you thank yourself for buying a printer as you print off the last page of your 3000 word essay 7 minutes before the deadline
• 1 Swiss army knife w/ bottle opener - every student needs a bottle opener
• 1 Shoulder Bag
• 1 HDMI cable - so you can link your laptop to the communal TV to stream 'match-day' and 'movie night'

how much money do you have :0

[. . .]

(Original post by UnknownPerson)
Yeh but thats like saying why buy an iPad when you can buy those unbranded £60 cheap chinese tablets which serve the same purpose ...

£60 cheap Chinese tablets are not better quality are they?

[viksta1000]

(Original post by . . .)
"1 external hard drive - to store the masses of movies/tv shows you'll watch in your spare time"

Movies eh?

lots and lots of movies

[viksta1000]

(Original post by ad99797)
how much money do you have :0

according to NatWest, I have exactly -£352.56

loan should be coming in later today though

[limetang]

(Original post by AtomSmasher)
Ah, that's true. You can get some very compact desktops though, especially if you build one yourself.

True. For a good number of students it would actually be a realistic possibility to take a desktop with them... there is no need for the added portability of a laptop especially if they drive or are being driven home for every break. In my case it is unrealistic for my parents to come and pick me up for every break (it would be a 12 hour round trip for them) when I can get home in 4 hours by train.

If I lived closer to home though I probably would get a desktop just because it's cheaper, more powerful, and sits in the same place that a persons laptop does a good portion of the time.

[Shelly_x]

A laptop/desktop and a phone. That is all you need really.

[thetopnotch]

(Original post by Lamperouge)
Here's mine:
A Livescribe Pen. Ridiculously handy little things, especially if you're forgetful or painfully slow when you're taking notes in lectures,

I'd second this. A bit pricey though, so a dictaphone or even better working out how to use your phone to record lectures can help so much. Also with using the phone, no lecturer is going freak if you've got your phone out on the table whereas they may do with a dictaphone.

[T'archer]

1: laptop
2: Phone
3: Alarm Clock
4: Entertainment (TV, Keyboard, Xbox)
5: Extension cable
6: Earphones
7: Printer (Not essential though)
8: Torch
9: Kettle!!!!!
10: Camera

[Mad Vlad]

(Original post by HelenOn)
What was wrong with this list? Why is it being negged so much?

This thread seems to be the usual TSR thing - admit you have some nice things - blazing negs. Claim you can do it all for a fiver plus Tesco points - pos'ed.

Being a student is all about making your money go as far as possible. Indulging in expensive things when there are cheaper, equally functional solutions just advertises that you're rich - in which case you'll get negged by all the socialists, or that you've got more money than sense - in which case you'll get negged by me.

[badbabysitter]

(Original post by viksta1000)

• 1 pair of 2.1 (atleast) speakers - i.e the ones with a sub and two satelite speakers - v. handy for hall parties

Mmm, yeah, my next door neighbour brought these handy little gadgets.

[badbabysitter]

(Original post by HelenOn)
What was wrong with this list? Why is it being negged so much?

This thread seems to be the usual TSR thing - admit you have some nice things - blazing negs. Claim you can do it all for a fiver plus Tesco points - pos'ed.

I suspect because a "Warm winter coat", whilst probably beneficial at university, is not a 'gadget'.

[UnknownPerson]

(Original post by Mad Vlad)
Being a student is all about making your money go as far as possible. Indulging in expensive things when there are cheaper, equally functional solutions just advertises that you're rich - in which case you'll get negged by all the socialists, or that you've got more money than sense - in which case you'll get negged by me.

What if you are being financially supported and you actually do have the money to spend .. Do you then lose the right to make suggestions?? regardless of whether one takes it into consideration or not

[Cake Faced Kid.]

(Original post by zara55)
MacBook Laptop
Iphone Phone
Ipad
Good shoulder bag
Student rail card
Comfortable shoes
Comfortable but nice trainers
Warm winter coat
Credit card

Zara

Fixed

[Lamperouge]

(Original post by thetopnotch)
I'd second this. A bit pricey though, so a dictaphone or even better working out how to use your phone to record lectures can help so much. Also with using the phone, no lecturer is going freak if you've got your phone out on the table whereas they may do with a dictaphone.

True that, especially when you consider the prices for the notebooks and stuff. I'm fairly lucky though, since about 80% of the stuff I get are either pass-me-downs or covered by my DSA grant. As for dictaphones, none of my lecturers have freaked out about it, but they really don't like phones. I suppose it depends on the person, really.

[Rarrgh]

Im taking..

Desktop
Laptop
Phone
Alarm clock... Many of them
Mini fridge
USB sticks
Headphones
External Hard Drive
and my bass/bass amp

[zara55]

(Original post by Cake Faced Kid.)
Fixed

Sigh. Thanks!

I take it ipad is a big no-no for you then? They are really really good, I totally recommend them if you have the cash. But friends with Samsung report equally impressive things.

[MagicNMedicine]

A tin opener. A lot of them are pretty flimsy so it's worth paying for the good sturdy ones that are £4.99 or £5.99 rather than just picking up rubbish 99p ones.

Also whilst in halls they will have electric cookers for safety, if you are at a uni up north especially most of the houses you would move into in 2nd/3rd year will have a gas cooker, and the ignition on them wears out and goes faulty so its well worth having one of the special long gas stove lighters, rather than trying to do it with a ciggy lighter and fearing having your fingers burnt every time as the gas whooshes up and lights.

In halls especially in the first few weeks don't underestimate the social value of having a games console especially if you are male, and have some games you can play together like sports games etc. A lot of gamers in college or sixth form, will think of it as an activity for loners, just playing multiplayers with randoms online but in uni halls lads play those games together all the time and its an easy way of meeting people, when we were in halls a lot of the social groups of lads found each other by going round to play games and then taking beers and going out together afterwards.

I think a female equivalent of that activity is cooking, especially baking stuff, for girls if you like cooking then bringing a good set of unusual useful utensils will be a good way of making friends because you can make yours the kitchen where it all happens, girls will go out to the shops together, get all the ingredients and then make huge meals and invite loads of people down to eat them. It's a good way of getting to meet boys as well as boys will always come down if food is being offered.

[UnknownPerson]

(Original post by zara55)
Sigh. Thanks!

I take it ipad is a big no-no for you then? They are really really good, I totally recommend them if you have the cash. But friends with Samsung report equally impressive things.

I suggest we stop making suggestions ... Cuz we only seem to be getting NEGS !!!

[Irrelevance]

(Original post by zara55)
Sigh. Thanks!

I take it ipad is a big no-no for you then? They are really really good, I totally recommend them if you have the cash. But friends with Samsung report equally impressive things.

It's more of a luxury than a necessity - there's not a whole lot an iPad can do that a campus computer and flash stick can't

[Mad Vlad]

(Original post by UnknownPerson)
What if you are being financially supported and you actually do have the money to spend .. Do you then lose the right to make suggestions?? regardless of whether one takes it into consideration or not

Financially supported, how?

No, you don't lose the right to make suggestions - you simply say:
Computer
MP3 player
Mobile Phone

instead of

MacBook
iPod
iPhone

It's not hard.