What computer(s) do you use for university?
>>51732456
my desktop for computing
macbook for graphic design
tablet for miscellany
>>51732496
>desktop for computing
Why couldn't the macbook handle that?
Pen and paper faggot.
>>51732578
..so you don't have a computer at all?
>>51732510
elaborate setup for le throttle meme
>>51732598
o-oh.
ASUS Q500A running Fedora
An old Vaio VPC-SE, 1080p screen, blu-ray drive, weighs less than 2kg, battery still lasts between 3 and 5 hours, enough punch for all of my engineering needs. I just wish it had more than 6 GB RAM to have more freedom in VMs. Still, never regretted investing the €1800.
>>51732590
The human mind is the most powerful computer.
>>51732767
shut up faggot
HP Stream 11
computer labs for anything that matters because they already have ALL of the software you will ever use for all majors, including STEM.
>>51732510
It's not that it can't, it's that I like my desktop and it came first. Plus multiple displays are nice. I guess, generally, I find a desk workspace pleasing.
>>51732456
Me mcbook for everything mate
>>51732578
must be poor.
>>51732456
A NUC and a tablet.
Bought a Toshiba Satellite P855-33T a couple of years ago.
It has enough horsepower for all my uni needs and it also pulls off a bit of gaming.
>>51732578
What pen do you use? I'm looking to get a new one.
New macbook doesn't even have USB ports. kek
Desktop and cheap ass $300 thinkpad.
>>51733420
seriously? How do people use usb drives? I use them literally every day with my laptop
>>51732456
Still using my asus eeepc 1005P. Using 1gb of ram with a 1.6 ghz atom feels kinda bad, but it does the job.
cheapest 11.6" computer I could buy new with a good battery life
anyone ITT saying they use some $800 laptop or any desktop is a fucking idiot. you paid for the computer labs that already have the software loaded on. you're just wasting your money you turbo faggots.
>>51734071
Why the fuck would I subject myself to using communal computers when I'm not poor?
>>51734156
you paid for them faggot, you tell me
so every ameritard uses mac? wew lad, that is rough
My course provided us with HP Elitebooks with Mint and a bunch of useful software pre-installed.
It's pretty good. I still use my PC to knock a few hours off my more hardcore computational stuff though.
>>51734176
I paid to take tests and to get a piece of paper with the schools name on them in the end. I don't give a fuck about anything else.
d-does anyone use a c-c-chromebook?
Hp 50 g :D and i7-quadro-32gbram for computing fluid dynamics
>>51732578
>>51732578
this. I have my laptop and desktop in my room but I will not take my laptop to lectures unless I am asked or needed to.
Love seeing faggots browse facebook and play football manager whilst I take important notes on my paper.
>>51734071
But we don't have computer labs :^)
The school assumes everyone gets a laptop so you can actually work at home too.
Maybe unlike you but we're actually expected to do productive work at home (so not trying to develop on a 11 inch turdbook)
Posted from my HP™ ZBook
>>51734312
so why do you even own a laptop? I agree and also never use anything other than pencil and paper, though.
>>51734319
>he doesn't live in a dorm
sounds like someone didn't go to a good university
>>51734249
> make body of computer blend with background for muh minimal ad
> keep retarded intel stickers on
Toshiba Tecra Z50 but starting to think it's overkill
>>51734324
It's a mac. Got it for free so can't complain. I keep it because it's handy when doing group work in the library or at someone else's room as opposed to using library chinkpads.
Also useful for lab classes.
>>51732578
This, mostly. Assignments are handed out and delivered digitally, so you need a device that can do that. Scanners are present at campus. Though a computer was required for the Cisco exam, and some of the labs. I'll need the computer more in following semesters though.
>>51734324
>sounds like someone didn't go to a good university
my (top 100 worldwide) uni doesn't have a huge campus and is located in a city center 3 miles from my home.
o and did I mention my tuition is €1k a year? :^)
also
>not doing late night coding
can't do that in a lab either
>>51734391
>1k yuros
>yuros
Your degree will be worth nothing outside the shithole you live in, poorfaggot. I'd rather pay £9k but have my degree recognized internationally.
>>51734416
lmao bro my uni was one of first ones in yurop, founded centuries ago, it's on the same level as Cambridge when it comes to research
anyway this is a silly argument and off topic
>>51734391
>top 100
that's not impressive at all and you're making it clear that you're euro so it's definitely shit.
Some old probook that we got in highschool, usually just take notes with pen and paper though.
>>51734598
>getting a free laptop in high school
welp
>>51734900
Yeah there's some pros to being a swekek i guess.
>>51733392
>macbook
fucking poorfag
>>51734996
rekt
>>51732456
I used paper and a pen when I went to university. But I'm over 30.
>>51732578
I didn't think anyone in university could be this poor...
>>51732578
lmao you don't even use a surface what a fucking poorfaggot i would never date you as you obviously fail at life
>>51732456
Dell Vostro 1710
The screens going out though so i'll be getting an equally hipster ass junker despite having the money for something new. It's a conversation starter.
>>51732456
custom built desktop - ubuntu
macbook pro for carrying in my backpack
been a laptop guy since... I think 06', recently went back to desktops for the gayming.
>>51733915
It has one USB drive
>>51732456
Sager NP7338
>>51734249
I use one for my compsci degree and it has worked just fine
>>51732456
Nexus 7 tablet but I mostly use pen and paper since most assignments are digital and I can do those at home on my desktop.
>>51732456
been using a Toughbook
switched to a Chinkpad some time ago
>>51732456
Tablet for note taking and facebook messaging cuties during class.
Desktop for anything actually worth doing and gayming
Notebook for porn without having to get up or hold shit on the bedside.
>>51735778
>he watches porn
>he's in university
someone doesn't have sex
note taking:surface pro 3 - i5, 8gb ram, 256gb ssd
backup laptop: (secondary backup of notes/occasionally lend to friend for assignment work/study etc. in library since he does not have his own (had an old acer with dead mobo out of warranty, is currently saving for a new laptop) and the computers there are almost always taken) - 3rd gen i7, 8gb ram, 128gb ssd
studying at home:
desktop
desktop - 2nd gen i5, 8gb ram, 2x1tb hdds (adding 256gb ssd soon)
>>51732456
It's been a decade, but:
Taking notes: A spiral-bound with a pen.
Writing papers: desktop that can run a word processor.
Writing papers at the last minute in the library: A laptop that can run a word processor.
Anyways, take notes by hand. You will remember the stuff better that way than if you just turn off your brain and act as a conduit to your fingers on a keyboard.
>>51735979
you know that a good pencil and notebook costs like $1 instead of that $1000 surface and will allow you to remember more easily?
notation in my course is heavy. Pen and paper / galaxy note 10.1 for notes, 2003 lab pc for excel, and my pc at home.
>>51736002
I turn lectures into anki flashcards in realtime and casually flick through it on my phone throughout the day. You don't sound very efficient.
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7. Most people use pen and paper, and so did I last year, but I thought I would give the tablet a try. So glad I did. Makes it easier for everything. Shapes, colours, and zoom are top tier.
>>51736061
>has to turn typed notes into flash cards
>has to casually go through the cards throughout the day
>doesn't just write notes by hand and then have the knowledge committed to his mind.
One of those isn't very efficient. Spoiler: It's you!
>>51736019
I got the surface as a birthday gift from my folks for uni after my old laptop died. I still occasionally write stuff down but I just find i've become accustomed to typing so I can do so a lot faster. I tend to read and re-read my notes and also sometimes write them down after the lectures to help remember as that seems to be my learning style, not all of the lectures are recorded so i prefer to try get down as much as I can in the time given, and for me typing is most efficient at that.
>>51736098
>not having eidetic memory
>not making decks and selling them for dosh and weed
lmao
>>51732456
My dell n4050 dual core for assignments and stuff, it is slow as fuck for anything except surfing web, programming and watching mongolian cartoons
- paper and pen for taking notes
- Dell XPS 15 that's five years old for homework (Win7 with Ubuntu VMs for programming assignments)
the laptop's HDD is starting to go, but i don't wanna fuck up installations and stuff before my last term
>>51732614
Nice
*tips fedora*
Get it? Huehueh
>>51735449
USB port*
>>51732456
Ideapad 100 with an SSD(running pic related) for when I need to bring it or else pen and paper
>>51736198
Is that the windows version? How does it handle everything? I was considering buying the 100s from best buy for $150 since I have a gift card.
>>51736222
>Is that the windows version?
Yes, it came with windows 8 metro edition
>How does it handle everything?
I just write small pieces of code on it so it works for me
Pentium N3540 Quad Core,4GB RAM,128GB SSD
and it has a 15.6' monitor so it is kinda big but whatevs
I bought it 240 dollaridoos because I live in a country that is in the top of the tax leagues
>>51736271
oh, that's the nicer one. the one i'm referring to has a fucking intel atom in it and is 11.6"
>first two years in dorm
Old Dell Inspiron from high school.
>final two years living in on campus studio
Desktop, mostly because I just wanted one, and that Inspiron is barely still usable.
>>51735852
>he doesn't watch pron with his qt22/7 trap gf while rubbing each others cocks until you cum in each others mouths in 2015
Fuck off grandpa
>>51736487
damn that's lonely.
>>51732456
thinkpad 420t
>>51732456
Mac Book, it is the best *BSD and unlike OpenBSD, it doesn't have any FBI backdoors in it.
>>51737372
that's not a thing
macbook air for everything.
fucking humble workhorse
>>51737463
doesn't that shit get hot? macbooks seem to have lots of trouble due to their silly design keeping cool.
Apple is objectively best for Unviersity.
>>51737592
I can personally asure you the Macbook Air has a well thought thermal design and Aluminum sometimes makes it too cold to even touch it on Winter.
>>51737666
>going through Mech E with a Mac
Good luck.
>>51737735
Mac is best of Eng
>>51735589
has the palmrest coating worn yet?
>>51732456
Sony vaio s13 for coding, cad and such on campus (rarely needed) if comp labs are crowded.
HP stream 7 for fucking around on the interwebs and "taking notes", also runs basic STEM stuff (barely) if absolutely needed.
Desktop/old abused server for hevy work.
>>51734598
Fuck yeah Scandinavia!
Jævla probookene suger balle da...
>Classroom full of Macbooks
![DSCF0276[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/9q9REAs.jpg "DSCF0276[1].jpg")
I was in college (university) from 2003 until 2010. University of Kentucky.
I never owned a laptop I took to class. My desktop PCs were random Dell consumer prebuilds I upgraded with better RAM and HDDs until a friend sold me his old custom PC for $50. It was an Athlon 64+ machine.
I don't recall seeing many people with laptops open during class, even up until the end of my time there. The first couple of years it was common for no one in a large lecture hall to have one open, and by 2010 it was still only 10%. These were Physics and CS classes by the way.
Macbooks and Apple computers were almost nowhere to be found. They were also something of a joke because no one knew how to use them, the performance was terrible, and they difficult to upgrade. In my entire time in university around many, many highly tech minded people I knew a total of 1 person who owned a Macbook (with gentoo installed on it!).
The most common laptop I saw was probably the Dell Inspiron series. They were cheap, and sturdy enough to make it through.
By 2010 it was somewhat common to see someone watching Hulu on a HP Pavillion with a 17" screen during a lecture. Why even bother going to class if you're going to sit there and watch TV?
I take my laptop (average acer) to uni when i have to study in the library or when I have Lab classes. All my classes have math and theres is no point in tanking the computer
>>51734450
>>51734391
Nice to see a fellow countrymen on /g/.
1k is what people pay cause the state gets the rest of the expensives. Its a public universaty and taxes should be used on education. Besides unis should not be money making machines.
>>51738418
do you really need a laptop for labs?
>all those freshmen thinking they need a notebook for CS
Enjoy your shitty education, code monkeys
>>51738491
but what do you need a notebook for at all?
>>51732578
>pen
>not colored pencils
>>51738553
>colored pencils
In lectures I use a Paper Pad, Pen and an Olympus 670.
At home, Thinkpad T420.
I used to take it to lectures with me but found it too easy to distract myself on.
A MacBook Pro, gets everything done really well and the battery is great.
I write shit with pen paper then scan it into my thinkpad. Helps me remember better
>>51732456
thinkpad t420, 500gb SSD, 8gb RAM, intel core i5
>>51732578
>>51738553
>>51739358
oyy
best pen coming through
Desktop for almost everything
Surface Pro 3 for anything not at home
>>51733419
I use Pilot "pure liquid ink" for finals (the pens with V5 or V7 on them). They're pretty good and writing is fluid with them. The DVORAK of the handwriting®
>>51732456
Clevo W550SU with DVORAK layout.
>tfw no screenfetch in thread
>pic related
surface
>>51742147
>.07
>not .05
Disgusting.
>>51742461
>.05
>0.05
>0.05mm
Gotta go thin.
>>51742461
>05 faggots trying to argue it's significantly better as they're ricers
I'm ok for an argument, but what does an 05 an 07 doesn't ? Even pic related shows 07 is better for everything.
>>51742420
If anything, at least it's thin.
>>51742544
No argument, personal preference mixed with a dash of trolling. .05 feels better in my opinion, that's all.
x220
>>51742632
Sure, I was kidding too.
I don't feel a real difference.
>>51742461
07 makes it easier to fill in boxes and to draw underline highlights.
also easier to read from slightly longer distance
>>51738191
>Why even bother going to class if you're going to sit there and watch TV?
well
>be me
>in literature class
>teacher asks class to read a book so we can discuss next class
>every fucking time, im the only one who reads it, and as faggot as the teacher is, he allows them to read the book during class
>only thing left to do is netflix and chill f a m
>>51738170
>mfw the school got their PCs replaced for some iMacs 2015
>mfw when they force me to use them even tho the teachers dunno a shit about MacOS
>they still use them because "look at how pretty and new they are"
When I was in school still I used a Dell Studio 1555. Worked well for all my needs.
Now I'm graduated and my desktop and smartphone are almost exclusively what I use.
>>51732456
Surface Pro 2 that I picked up on eBay for $250 last summer
>>51738170
liberal arts
>>51732456
Custom desktop at home (i7-4790k, 16GB ram, GTX 980) used for Computer Science homework, gaming, netflix, videos and music, pretty much everything.
Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 for C++, Splashtop-streaming my desktop PC at home for when I need it for other things like Assembly Language (MASM, and don't judge the tablet was really cheap and is a decent replacement for a surface pro 3).
>>51738170
It's not a classroom, it's an indoctrination session at a journalism "school".
>>51738432
its required man. Most of the shit I do requires me to save/use the data instantly to see it developing in the excel, so I can have the idea if I am going to have to do it all over again or if I am going in the right direction.
Lenovo Essential B50-80
Came with Windows 7 (also bloatware)
After replacing the hard drive with an SSD and installing Linux it runs like a dream.
My only complaint would be where it sometimes fails to recognise the hard drive first boot and throws a BIOS error.
I'm at community college but I use a Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga
