Re: OT: Laptop for College Bound Student?
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On 06/11/08 07:58, Thomas H. George wrote:
> The college is offering packages starting at $1,399 (Dell Latitude D630)
> and $1,499 (Lenoveo ThinkPad T61) all with 2GB memory, 10/100/1000
> Ethernet, Wireless, 1394 Port, Bluetooth, Vista 32Bit Business OS,
> SmartCare/4in1 Media Card Reader and Microsoft Office 2007 Professional
> pre-installed by certified technicians located on campus. Three year
> warranty and 1GB Flash Drive thrown in.
Is it a requirement to have a *Windows* laptop? IOW, to "they" use
Windows-specific apps for taking tests, replacing the blackboard, etc?
> Money is tight, of course. If I were the student and there is a
> modest-priced laptop with Debian and OpenOffice I'd take it in a flash.
> I'm not the student, I'm his 79 year old grandfather and I don't want
> him to start off at a disadvantage. There are certainly many college
> students and recent grads that subscribe to this list. I would value
> your insights.
The contrarian in me would buy him a course in shorthand instead.
(I remember that the very act of hand-copying blackboard notes --
while thinking about which were the most important -- most
successfully burned information into my brain, and typing took too
much focus away from other tasks.)
- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
"Kittens give Morbo gas. In lighter news, the city of New New
York is doomed."
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