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Question for those who have received laptops from their Colleges (pg. 2)
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| Yan |
| quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
depending on the school and your major you may have a very different laptop from what the rest of the students get. |
Ehhh... Is that how it works on the West Coast?
Laptops are pretty generic out here in NY, NY, PA, etc. 1 kind for everyone. (I may be corrected) |
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| igottaknow |
| quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
depending on the school and your major you may have a very different laptop from what the rest of the students get. |
what ever the school gives you i guess your going to have to deal with it or buy your own. |
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| Versatile |
"For the record, that school sucks and is way overpriced."
Why do you say it sucks and is way overpriced? |
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| Zewad |
when i was in college i was just glad i had a computer that ran AOL and could talk on IM...
4GB memory, sweet!! I don't even think i knew anybody that had a laptop.. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by Yan
Ehhh... Is that how it works on the West Coast?
Laptops are pretty generic out here in NY, NY, PA, etc. 1 kind for everyone. (I may be corrected) |
well i personally will be starting college this coming fall but thats what i have been told by a couple people i know..maybe they were testing a few different laptops i dont know. |
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| igottaknow |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zewad
when i was in college i was just glad i had a computer that ran AOL and could talk on IM...
4GB memory, sweet!! I don't even think i knew anybody that had a laptop.. |
i was going to say the same thing but i didn't want to be like one of those old guys who says "back in my day we didn't have crap and we liked it" |
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| superglo |
yeah.. like wtf right ?
when i was in college if you didn't have a laptop or pc ? too bad.
use the labs. |
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| Boomer187 |
lol @ you old farts and your, when I was in college... :p
most kids in my class don't have a laptop now, its just certain schools that make you have one. I wish they would do it all over, as there are some people in college that are still scared of computers.
and playing vid games and college can work. u n00bs have been listening too your parents too much. |
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| Eric Siefer |
| quote: | Originally posted by getfoul
There was a 3,000 dollar deposit to cover the costs if we destroy their property. We get that back at the end of the schooling. We pay like 200 a quarter for it and have the option to buy at the end of the school career for a dollar. |
$3k for a deposit... man, why not just spend the $3k on a bad ass laptop that you want. You can get pretty reliable laptop for $1500, I can't imagine what $3k would do for you. |
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| Yan |
| quote: | Originally posted by Versatile
"For the record, that school sucks and is way overpriced."
Why do you say it sucks and is way overpriced? |
I'm over here in NY. Looked into a ton of colleges. Visited SH. Didn't like what I saw or heard (from current students, at the time - they were hating, themselves). Have a few friends that go there now and are miserable.
In other words, you're paying for an education that you can get one BETTER of in a cheaper school.
What other unis accepted you? |
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| getfoul |
| quote: | Originally posted by Eric Siefer
$3k for a deposit... man, why not just spend the $3k on a bad ass laptop that you want. You can get pretty reliable laptop for $1500, I can't imagine what $3k would do for you. |
Considering they only let their computers on the network, and they load then with all the software necessary for the courses... You also get that 3,000 back at the end. |
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| TRANCDS234 |
| when I when into college here in Canada they force you to use the laptop they provide for you, for security reasons they say. The were brand new top of the line when they gave it to us toshiba laptops, I was one of the lucky ones that didn't need re-imaging in the 3 years I was there. It used to run half life 2 and other games of that time no problems at all. It all depends on what the needs of your program are for us since it was engineering we had to do alot of schematics and 3D models for our circuits so that might have been the reason. At the end of the program you have the choice of buying it for a fraction of the price or giving it back and getting your deposit back, most of us returned them since they were 3 years old when we were done and you could buy something way better.;) |
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