Do I bring both my Laptop and PC to University?

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For context: I start at Nottingham Trent University next year studying Mechanical Engineering and my accommodation will be on campus. I have a quite powerful PC and a quite **** laptop.
I'm wondering whether it's worth bringing my PC with me to university or if I should just take my laptop? The main reason being convenience; I think having a powerful PC back in my room will help do some of the heavy lifting for work, but it's also bulky and I imagine all of my notes will be on my laptop.

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Anonymous #1

i did that! i use mine in my dorm, but take the laptop to classes and groupwork

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by MaxF0

For context: I start at Nottingham Trent University next year studying Mechanical Engineering and my accommodation will be on campus. I have a quite powerful PC and a quite **** laptop.
I'm wondering whether it's worth bringing my PC with me to university or if I should just take my laptop? The main reason being convenience; I think having a powerful PC back in my room will help do some of the heavy lifting for work, but it's also bulky and I imagine all of my notes will be on my laptop.

Hi @MaxF0. I would say if you have accommodation on campus and you are doing the Mechanical Engineering course then I would say bringing you PC with you is completely valid but only if you have the space! The course you are studying can be quite heavy and demanding and with you having a PC it can make your workload much more manageable, meanwhile you laptop can still manage lecture notes. Many people in this position use the laptop for convenience such as portability and the PC as a workstation. I would say the only negative is the size of the desk and it will be very difficult moving it. However, if it is manageable then the convenience of having decent power often outweighs the other. I hope this helped! 😀

Kiran

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by MaxF0

For context: I start at Nottingham Trent University next year studying Mechanical Engineering and my accommodation will be on campus. I have a quite powerful PC and a quite **** laptop.
I'm wondering whether it's worth bringing my PC with me to university or if I should just take my laptop? The main reason being convenience; I think having a powerful PC back in my room will help do some of the heavy lifting for work, but it's also bulky and I imagine all of my notes will be on my laptop.

Hi @MaxF0

I hope you are well! I think it is perfectly acceptable for you to bring both your laptop and PC to university with you, that is if you will have the space and ability to get it to uni!

If your PC is quite powerful and will enable you to do more things than your laptop would then I think it would be very beneficial for you and especially for doing your work! You will obviously use your laptop to take into uni with you and take notes on however, uni expects you to put a lot of work in outside of the teaching hours and although you will have access to the library computers, having your own in your room will be very convenient!

I know last year in my uni halls, two people had their PC in their room and used them quite a lot! You can always bring it and then if you decide that is isn't worth it you can transport it back at the Christmas break or vice versa if you use it enough then you can keep it there with you!

I hope this response has helped, let me know if you have any other questions, I am more than happy to help!

Thanks, Matt 😊
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Useless1

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My son took both he's studying electrical engineering but brought his pc back over Christmas and just returned with his laptop and Xbox. He does use the library a lot..

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martin7

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by MaxF0

For context: I start at Nottingham Trent University next year studying Mechanical Engineering and my accommodation will be on campus. I have a quite powerful PC and a quite **** laptop.
I'm wondering whether it's worth bringing my PC with me to university or if I should just take my laptop? The main reason being convenience; I think having a powerful PC back in my room will help do some of the heavy lifting for work, but it's also bulky and I imagine all of my notes will be on my laptop.

The main thing to worry about, I would say, are the logistics of transporting a computer and monitor backwards and forwards between home and your uni accommodation. Make sure you have something suitable to protect the screen from damage as its being moved.

You should also look at whether you have adequate insurance cover. Your parents' policy might cover you at university (or at least travelling to-and-from university), but might be limited in the value of items covered.

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by MaxF0

For context: I start at Nottingham Trent University next year studying Mechanical Engineering and my accommodation will be on campus. I have a quite powerful PC and a quite **** laptop.
I'm wondering whether it's worth bringing my PC with me to university or if I should just take my laptop? The main reason being convenience; I think having a powerful PC back in my room will help do some of the heavy lifting for work, but it's also bulky and I imagine all of my notes will be on my laptop.

Hi @MaxF0 👋

Hope you are well. It is entirely up to you to be honest. A laptop is definitely useful to have in classes so that is a good choice. Having a PC is not very necessary but you can bring it if you think it would be helpful. A laptop is more than enough!

Essex Student Rep- Lavanya 💜

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Kingston Eve

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by MaxF0

For context: I start at Nottingham Trent University next year studying Mechanical Engineering and my accommodation will be on campus. I have a quite powerful PC and a quite **** laptop.
I'm wondering whether it's worth bringing my PC with me to university or if I should just take my laptop? The main reason being convenience; I think having a powerful PC back in my room will help do some of the heavy lifting for work, but it's also bulky and I imagine all of my notes will be on my laptop.

Hey @MaxF0,

As mentioned above, it does really depend on the space available in your accommodation and the ease of which you could transport your PC. Something to consider is that your course should give you regular access to suitable PC's for any coursework you might need to complete and your faculty/campus may have dedicated computer labs (on top of the PCs available at the library).

I didn't bring my PC to university and relied solely on a laptop. The difference is that my laptop was only a year or so old at the time and could handle the vast majority of my work. You could always consider bringing your PC for the first term and then leaving it back home from the second onwards if you find that you're not regularly using it.

Best of luck at university next year!
Eve (Kingston Rep).

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Kit - UOS

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by MaxF0

For context: I start at Nottingham Trent University next year studying Mechanical Engineering and my accommodation will be on campus. I have a quite powerful PC and a quite **** laptop.
I'm wondering whether it's worth bringing my PC with me to university or if I should just take my laptop? The main reason being convenience; I think having a powerful PC back in my room will help do some of the heavy lifting for work, but it's also bulky and I imagine all of my notes will be on my laptop.

I'd say if you're able to bring your PC, then definitely do. Most people I know living in student accommodation have brought their PCs with them because I imagine you'd use your PC for more than just uni work (like I know Nottingham Trent have a decent esports scene if that's somthing you'd be into)

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Cymmi.xo

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by MaxF0

For context: I start at Nottingham Trent University next year studying Mechanical Engineering and my accommodation will be on campus. I have a quite powerful PC and a quite **** laptop.
I'm wondering whether it's worth bringing my PC with me to university or if I should just take my laptop? The main reason being convenience; I think having a powerful PC back in my room will help do some of the heavy lifting for work, but it's also bulky and I imagine all of my notes will be on my laptop.

Personally I would say yes! Laptops are quite a crucial piece of equipment in lectures and are so much easier for taking notes and accessing any resources you may need in classes. PCs are lot more helpful when it comes to doing your work at home etc! So definitely take both! At the end of the day however the decision is yours and yours alone.

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I can't see why you wouldn't be able to take your PC. My daughter has taken hers and she's only in the cheapest smallest accommodation. If your course is heavy on needing to work on a computer then by all means take it.

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