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People with dorm-living experience--mac pro, or macbook pro?

ajl said:
I would go MacBook Pro.
The reason being is that room mates get annoying. I found that out first year with a desktop. Sometimes I just wanted to leave with my work and computer and go somewhere else. But I couldnt since I had a desktop.
Now that I will have my Macbook (hopefully FedEx Delivers it tommorrow) I can do just that. Go somewhere else to escape my room mates and noise.
And just to clarify, im not by any means a study freak. I just want to study with peace and quiet without distractions sometimes.

Also as for the theft issue... im getting a notebook lock. ;)
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notebook locks can be picked with Bic pens... the best way to stay safe is to not show off your laptop to people on your floor, and to make sure that you and your roommates lock the door whenever they leave the room, even if its just down the hall to the bathroom. notebook locks are utter garbage.
 
ZoomZoomZoom said:
...Just hearing the click-click-click makes me want to strangle someone...
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You must go to the Univ. of Silence. With all the squeaky chairs, fiddling, dropping pencils, flipping papers, its a wonder anyone can hear my keybord when I type notes.

The only thing that distracts people in class is when they drop the lights for a film and my keybord lights up... it ususally get a laugh or two. Hit one key, boom, all dark - no noise.

The only problem then is when someone in the back didn't sleep the night before and starts snoring up a storm. That makes me want to strangle someone.

I could not have survived without my laptop, plain and simple. You wont believe how many odd places i've written papers & taken notes at/in, shown presentations at, edited rough cut in, dubbed vioceover with, etc... although to be fair, there are very few diagrams in filmmaking.
 
xPismo said:
You must go to the Univ. of Silence. With all the squeaky chairs, fiddling, dropping pencils, flipping papers, its a wonder anyone can hear my keybord when I type notes.
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Normal typing probably wouldn't be heard. But some people seem to type especially loud - seeking attention maybe? "Woohoo, I'm special, I'm the only guy in a 150-person lecture taking notes on a laptop!" But in any case, the clicking is very noticeable.
 
I just graduated from college last spring, and for whoever is saying that people get annoyed from laptop typing...stop smoking your product. I carried my PB with me every single day to every single class, and it was invaluable. Between writing papers in the library, catching up on notes over lunch, or just using it to get outta my room with my hw and write somewhere, it was the only way to go. I'm in law school now, and every single student in classes has a laptop, not kidding. I haven't seen one person without a laptop. Truly, portability in college is the key. MBP.
 
Veritas&Equitas said:
I just graduated from college last spring, and for whoever is saying that people get annoyed from laptop typing...stop smoking your product. I carried my PB with me every single day to every single class, and it was invaluable. Between writing papers in the library, catching up on notes over lunch, or just using it to get outta my room with my hw and write somewhere, it was the only way to go. I'm in law school now, and every single student in classes has a laptop, not kidding. I haven't seen one person without a laptop. Truly, portability in college is the key. MBP.
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I'll agree. Those chairs are much more annoying than laptop keys. The keys on my MBP are super quiet though. Either that or it's the way I type. ;)
 
After two university years tied to a desktop, i can't stand it any longer.

Even though computer labs are everywhere, its just too convenient to always have all the notes you need with you.

I vote MBP.
 
College life is full of distractions. You will need to force yourself sometimes to go somewhere that you won't be distracted. I go to the locally owned coffee shop. I was just accepted into the college of education here (a rather difficult and tedious process here at UWW), and I don't think that I would have been able to do it without getting away to a place that put me in the right mindset. Then again, I have ADD. :confused:
That being said, I did it all with an ibook. Granted, it was the last revision ibook G4 and I was able to squeeze just enough juice out of it to do some remote audio recording, but other than running Logic occasionally, a 500mhz G3 (or equivalent) would have likely sufficed.
 
All I have to say is this:

You'll never look at a laptop the same way after the first time you type up an important paper on the toilet, or in your bed, on a couch, or my favorite ... a hammock.
 
It's good that you have access to a notebook of some sort.

It seems that you're all set for the moment.

Hopefully the prices on FB ECC RAM will come down rapidly
so you can afford to set yourself up with the recommended 4 GB ECC RAM

You chose a rewarding but very expensive line of work.

Your Mac Pro will end up being about 1/3 of your total gear expenses
as time goes on.

It really depends on how far you take your personal production studio,
but you've started out with on heck of a workstation.

Congrats!
 
Veritas&Equitas said:
I just graduated from college last spring, and for whoever is saying that people get annoyed from laptop typing...stop smoking your product. I carried my PB with me every single day to every single class, and it was invaluable. Between writing papers in the library, catching up on notes over lunch, or just using it to get outta my room with my hw and write somewhere, it was the only way to go. I'm in law school now, and every single student in classes has a laptop, not kidding. I haven't seen one person without a laptop. Truly, portability in college is the key. MBP.
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I won't doubt that portability is key. However, it doesn't need to come at a $2000+ price tag. A lower end/older notebook can easily be used writing papers in the library, catching up on notes over luch, or just getting out of the room to do work.

A cheap notebook, to use while out and about is definetly a good idea. Not only will it get th job done, it will get it done at a lower cost. I know people with MBP's that wont even take them out of the damn case because they are afraid of dropping it. That is not way to leave. You can be much more liberal and care free with a $500 notebook than you can with a $2000 notebook. Not to mention theft.

The OP could then get a Mac Pro, which would do his REAL work much faster.
 
viccles said:
I vote MBP too. Laptops are the best for college (in my opinion)
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This is what everyone says. Yet a vast majority of people who have laptops do not take them outside of their dorm rooms.

I think I am going to conduct a survey to see how many people actually use their notebook out and about.
 
If you insist on laptop note-taking, at least bone up on spelling and grammar so I don't sit behind you and mentally correct everything. It gets distracting, OK?
 
God, after reading this thread I am SSOOOOO glad I took college online. And a laptop is my choice even for that. I'm another one that hauls it everywhere. I'd be at work using the laptop for schoolwork and my desktop for workwork at the same time. Too bad I don't have one right now. :( I got my wife a MB instead of me. WTF?! Now SHE is the one who hauls her laptop everywhere. And she has no good excuse like being a student.

Also, while reading this thread all I could picture was My Name Is Earl. Episode where he dates a professor.
 
FFTT said:
Hopefully the prices on FB ECC RAM will come down rapidly
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Hopefully indeed, but likely? No.

DDR2 FB-DIMMs are much more sophisticated than regular DDR2 and even regular ECC DDR memroy and they are also new technology, where as plain DDR2 was simply an evolution of DDR1.

I wouldnt expect a >5% drop in cost from now until the end of Q4 2006 and no more than another 5% between the end of Q4 2006 and mid Q2 2007. And I am talking about cost here. Don't expect a drop in cost to translate to a drop in cost to the retail customer. However, as the technology and manufacturing process matures (and therefore becomes cheaper), expect costs to eventually reach their low-peak in late 2007, and retailers also to reach their low-peak in margins.
 
As a film studies student going into my junior year, I whole-heartedly recommend you stick with the Mac Pro. The speed and power will be a lifesaver when it comes to doing editing work and the extra screen real estate will make things a whole lot easier to edit. If you want portability for note taking / studying around campus, get a cheap G3 iBook. The Mac Pro should be your main work force especially if you're doing film and it's something you definitely shouldn't compromise just for portability. Also keep in mind that a lot of the people voting for the MBPro doesn't seem to be doing film so therefore may not be as intense about what machine they use. They're all right having a notebook to carry around campus is convenient, but like quruli said, it doesn't need to come at a $2k price tag.

If I was an incoming freshman getting a MacPro, I wouldn't switch it for anything - unless it was a better specc'd MacPro.
 
It's here. And it won't recognize the RAM i installed into it :mad:

Any ideas why?

I installed the RAM, then hooked up the computer and started.

I wish I knew how to look at the computers on the network....I'm trying to transfer all my pc files (this computer) onto it.
 
iUserz said:
windows? restart in safe mode, you can then remove a login pass!:rolleyes:
(i've tried it...works so easy lol)
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umm it is pretty easy to stop that from happening.
Password protect the account called Administrator. It a none visible account be default on the windows welcome screen (or in the user menu unless you are log in under it). That or if you set up the password on install of windows then that account will be password.
Log into safe mode and it shows all the accounts on welcome screen. If all of them are passworded then you need a password to change anything.
 
i would say mac pro, because that would definitely last 4 years. If something new comes out, you can always upgrade it. It would be very hard to macbook pro, or any notebook for that matter.
 
SwitchingSoon said:
It's here. And it won't recognize the RAM i installed into it :mad:

Any ideas why?

I installed the RAM, then hooked up the computer and started.

I wish I knew how to look at the computers on the network....I'm trying to transfer all my pc files (this computer) onto it.
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What kind of RAM did you install (i.e. how many sticks of what)?

I seem to remember that in PowerMacs, you had to match RAM in pairs. That's how we found ours had been stolen!
 
Timepass said:
umm it is pretty easy to stop that from happening.
Password protect the account called Administrator. It a none visible account be default on the windows welcome screen (or in the user menu unless you are log in under it). That or if you set up the password on install of windows then that account will be password.
Log into safe mode and it shows all the accounts on welcome screen. If all of them are passworded then you need a password to change anything.
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He wanted to get into his brother's laptop because he forgot the password...chances are the admin account hasn't been passworded, most people don't bother with it and/or don't realize its there.

You must admit it is a gaping security hole considering the average user does not know enough to set a password for the admin account or even know that he/she should be doing so.
 
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