Poll: Do you bring your laptop to class?

[UglyCasanova]

I use mine in class, but I take graphic design classes and all we do is work on them. In the regular classes that I don't need a computer for I would never bring one, and I've only seen a handful of students who ever have. I can't see how it could be helpful, just a distraction.

 

[habib89]

yes, but i didn't actually use it for class all the time

 

[dawnbug]

I don't have a laptop, but I always find it distracting when someone brings one to class and sits in front of me (I generally sit near the front). I usually only see one or two laptop users in a large lecture (200 people+). If I had one, I might bring it to class with me, but I'd sit near the back with it.

 

[wiredspider]

sometimes...

 

[Azndude51]

I do, but only if the class is useless, I use the laptop to surf the intarweb and talk on AIM.

 

[Mik3y]

i do my in-class essays on my laptop. muuuuuch faster. plus, the synonym function really adds to my word bank.

 

[Mik3y]

i do my in-class essays on my laptop. muuuuuch faster. plus, the synonym function really adds to my word bank.

 

[Eeezee]

I would if I had a laptop!

I find taking notes to be pretty useful, but I'm taking nothing but Physics courses so it would just bog me down currently. For non-mathematics based courses it would be very useful. I type at 120WPM on a bad day. We had computers for my Intro to C course, and that made note taking very nice.

 

[Jon855]

I would if I had a smaller and a lighter one... Elsewise I ain't gonna lug my system all over to the classes.

 

[Chaotic42]

Only once.

I can type like 20x faster than I can write, and I can't write legibly at all. I used it in psych class and it worked well.

Of course I'm a math major, so it's pretty useless now that my core humanities are gone. Bye bye well rounded education!

 

[Zugzwang152]

i wouldn't even if i had one. too bulky to carry around. minimal gains in note-taking, but vastly superior to pass the time in lectures...

 

[The Linuxator]

I only take it with me to Programming lectures, where the instructor that I have is a grade A A-hole, he has slides all over the place and doesn't bother posting them on his website BASTARD!!!

 

[FreshPrince]

some of you bring up a good question...

does your clicking and typing noise in class distract other people and piss them off? see added poll.

 

[JDrake]

hey dont you guys play games during lectures?
edit: o im curious are you allowed to record lectures?

 

[Looney]

The typing and clicking doesn't bother me. It's the douche infront of me that's playing a game that does.

 

[mundane]

What used to distract me most (when I was still in college) were the people who'd sit in the front of the class and websurf/play games/aim/etc. It was extremely difficult to mind my own business and focus on the lecture. It also felt a little disrespectful to the prof - it's fairly obvious what these students were doing.

 

[FreshPrince]

Originally posted by: diegoalcatraz
What used to distract me most (when I was still in college) were the people who'd sit in the front of the class and websurf/play games/aim/etc. It was extremely difficult to mind my own business and focus on the lecture. It also felt a little disrespectful to the prof - it's fairly obvious what these students were doing.

that wouldn't bother me as much as the clicking and typing noise.

but if it's a big enough lecture auditorium and they sit in the back, then I could care less...

I'm asking all these questions because a co-worker wants to get her daugher a laptop for class and I told her they she probably wouldn't benefit from it. So I'm trying to see how many students actually take a laptop to class. And from the poll, it seems like 50/50, which shocks me, I didn't know there are that many students with laptops now a days....spoiled kids

 

[SampSon]

When I was in school, no.

 

[WobbleWobble]

What's really annoying is the people who don't make any attempt to be quiet and do IM and flash games (which often require lots of clicking).

I try to be quiet by using my touchpad (which can also double click) and quietly typing on the kb, it can be done