Quote from: gowi on February 21, 2008, 09:59:40 AMQuote from: CLS2009Student on February 21, 2008, 09:39:48 AMAs a current law student, I cannot emphasize this enough:GET A SMALL, LIGHTWEIGHT LAPTOP!!!!!!!You want a full-size keyboard. Decent battery life also might be helpful, although most schools have outlets everywhere. Beyond that, I'd sacrifice just about everything else for size/weight. You're going to be lugging this everywhere, and will be using it mostly for low-intensity uses (typing, emailing, IMing). I went for performance/screen size/etc over weight/size and terribly regret it.SMALL! LIGHT!Really? I'm sorry, I have such a hard time giving up a cd/dvd burner. It's really not necessary? Do these really small/lightweight ones have USB ports at least?I definitely think you want a CD/DVD burner. There are plenty of computers on the lighter side that have them. Also, you can either get a "docking base" that makes the computer bigger when you need a CD/DVD burner (a la the Thinkpad x61s that Pikey mentioned) or have an external CD/DVD burner (a la the MacBookAir). Lenovo is also coming out with a new lightweight portable--the ThinkPad X300.I'm not saying you have to get an ultraportable. I'm just saying you probably want a 12-14 inch screen rather than a 15-17 inch screen. You don't need tons of extra options, since every little thing adds weight. Just look at the weight info. Definitely keep it below 5 lbs, but the closer you can get to 2 lbs the better.
Quote from: CLS2009Student on February 21, 2008, 09:39:48 AMAs a current law student, I cannot emphasize this enough:GET A SMALL, LIGHTWEIGHT LAPTOP!!!!!!!You want a full-size keyboard. Decent battery life also might be helpful, although most schools have outlets everywhere. Beyond that, I'd sacrifice just about everything else for size/weight. You're going to be lugging this everywhere, and will be using it mostly for low-intensity uses (typing, emailing, IMing). I went for performance/screen size/etc over weight/size and terribly regret it.SMALL! LIGHT!Really? I'm sorry, I have such a hard time giving up a cd/dvd burner. It's really not necessary? Do these really small/lightweight ones have USB ports at least?
As a current law student, I cannot emphasize this enough:GET A SMALL, LIGHTWEIGHT LAPTOP!!!!!!!You want a full-size keyboard. Decent battery life also might be helpful, although most schools have outlets everywhere. Beyond that, I'd sacrifice just about everything else for size/weight. You're going to be lugging this everywhere, and will be using it mostly for low-intensity uses (typing, emailing, IMing). I went for performance/screen size/etc over weight/size and terribly regret it.SMALL! LIGHT!
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My MacBook was just delivered yesterday... and I LOVE IT! For the record $1,499 (no shipping, no sales tax) at amazon.com. That made is cheaper than using my student discount. I got the black one I took it and had the invisibleShield put on it too. It looks good.
i havent looked at the past messages, so this might be redundant...but i happen to work for the Information Technology department at UCLA Law right now, and MACs aren't really compatible with their exam software (ExamSoft), and if you have a MAC you should download BootCamp so you have dual OS's. The IT dept. here also really are unable to assist students with MACs because we are on a Microsoft server and trained accordingly. I agree, MACs are amazing - great battery life, faster, more safe from viruses, etc (btw i really want the MacBook Air!) but I would contact the IT department of the prospective law school you will be attending and ask them about what they suggest. The IT department at your law school can help you a lot with computer problems and it's helpful to know what they think you should get.
Would anyone like to Opine on whether the Asus eee + a desktop would fit a law students needs?
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