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Laptops for Uni (3 Viewers)

How often do you use a laptop at Uni?

  • I do use a laptop often at Uni

    Votes: 20 25.6%
  • I use a laptop sometimes at Uni

    Votes: 22 28.2%
  • I hardly ever use a laptop at Uni

    Votes: 18 23.1%
  • I don’t use a laptop at Uni

    Votes: 18 23.1%

  • Total voters
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Kittyrules

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hd retina macbook pro <3
is retina even worth it? thinking of getting a good 16 gb ram macbook pro later on but dont know whether retina display is just some made-up advertising crap or actually good.
 

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oh yeah and i wanna do film editing and graphic design if that helps.
i would think that it should be good, but right now my simple 2009 macbook (not even pro) is doing a great job without any retina fancy schmancy stuff
 
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is retina even worth it? thinking of getting a good 16 gb ram macbook pro later on but dont know whether retina display is just some made-up advertising crap or actually good.
Lol. An old macbook. Lmao. Do u even SSD?

Also retina is gun af. Amazing.
 

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Lol. An old macbook. Lmao. Do u even SSD?

Also retina is gun af. Amazing.
pschfff i had to get it with my own money and i dont even work. I got it with the entire Adobe Creative Suite 6 for 500 bucks so i think thats a pretty good deal. CS6 by itself is something like $1500+ depending on what package you get.

mmk might get retina then.
 

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pschfff i had to get it with my own money and i dont even work. I got it with the entire Adobe Creative Suite 6 for 500 bucks so i think thats a pretty good deal. CS6 by itself is something like $1500+ depending on what package you get.

mmk might get retina then.
IIRC the student versions of Adobe software are much cheaper.
 

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Finding my SurfacePro amazingly useful for Law, generally not very useful for Business though since I need to be putting pen to paper for it (but that's given).

Very happy with my decision.
 

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I don't get it. Why would you not have a laptop for uni?
Really You could get away without buying a computer for your whole degree, even I could and I am a cs major. There are plenty of computers in the CSE building all you have to do is book a time

I think people get it for the convenience
 

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I don't get it. Why would you not have a laptop for uni?
You'll find that pen and paper are still more versitile for many degrees (myself doing a comm degree, found that pen and paper just work better then laptops or tablets, though i carry tablet just incase).
 

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Depends on degree I guess
I don't need anything

lol

who takes notes when you can view the lectures online
 

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