Est. 1859 | Ateneo Orsem 2009 Forum

zandx · Veteran Member

Laptops?

Pamiela · Veteran Member

I was wondering din kung parang necessity ba yung laptop.. We have one, pero parang family laptop siya so sana di pa naman super kailangan :|

kawaii_distress · Member

i really think na convenient yung merong laptop para sa any student ESPECIALLY sa college. hmm. hindi naman nila siguro irerequire.. pero im sure it'll be an advantage kung meron. pero. practically speaking, kung.. hindi ka naman nagd-dorm or galing sa saang malayo tulad ko.. siguro.. may PC ka sa bahay.. okay na yun. parang ang awkward naman na araw2 kang may bitbit na laptop kahit di kelangan.

makulitnajunior · Veteran Member

it's never necessary! I'm a junior and i don't own one and i'm not planning on owning one! :))

it's convenient, madaling mag-cram ng papers, or mag-research with groupmates pero di siya kelangan!

if ever maraming lugar na pwede gumamit ng computers for FREE sa ateneo. ingat nga lang sa mga flashdrive niyo, maraming virus!

yuchi · Member

maganda ba net sa dorm? xD

dusk18 · Veteran Member

@zandx

I think it's not that needed in the fiRst year. The only maJor we have, btw, in the seCond seM is just the basics of our couRse... so i don't think...

@makulitnajunior
wHat's 'ur cOurse??

Geist · Senior Member

jrcb · Senior Member

RE: Laptops?

janchan_ateneo · Veteran Member

malas na lang kung may kailangan kang paper na gawin tapos puno... :)) tapos yung mga gumagamit, nagme-meebo lang o kaya plurk, multiply, etc. =))

makulitnajunior · Veteran Member

dusk18 wrote:
@makulitnajunior
wHat's 'ur cOurse??

I'm an ID major meaning super convenient kung may laptop lalo nang umiikot sa adobe programs ang course ko. I'm pretty sure most of my blockmates will be using their laptops for that while i think I'll be spending most of my time in the Mac laboratory XD

bailecielo · Veteran Member

i think laptops are the most convenient. on the contrary, my parents say otherwise. they're getting me a pc coz they insist i'll lose it! :[

jrcb · Senior Member

bailecielo wrote:

i think laptops are the most convenient. on the contrary, my parents say otherwise. they're getting me a pc coz they insist i'll lose it! :[

well, laptop is really convenient, except for some cons. one, limited ang outlets. so unahan sa mga saksakan :D kung internet ang habol mo, hindi lahat ng spot, may wifi. and to use wifi, kailangan mong magregister. hahaha

zandx · Veteran Member

Oooh okay. :)

Question, yung mga PC ba sa mga computer terminals, may CD/Burner? Since may mga viruses siguro, plano ko kasi, sa CD na lang maglagay ng files.

jrcb · Senior Member

zandx wrote:

Oooh okay. :)

Question, yung mga PC ba sa mga computer terminals, may CD/Burner? Since may mga viruses siguro, plano ko kasi, sa CD na lang maglagay ng files.

wala. may bayad kasi ang pagbuburn.
regarding viruses: in my experience, hindi naman ganoon katindi ang mga virus sa RSF and Matteo. not sure with the other terminals

Erika · Veteran Member

I actually just got a Toshiba Portege m800. A friend that just graduated from my course said that a laptop is a MUST if youre dorming. He said if you start your required papers only when you get home, you'll have a HARD time finishing it.

Acey · Member

Laptops are great for reports and presentations, but don't be pressured to buy if you still do not own one. As long as you have a personal desktop computer at home (or in your dorm) you'll be fine. Ateneo has a lot of computers for the students' use, so don't worry about it too much. Sulitin niyo ang library fees and internet access fees niyo! Use the facilities that the school provides. :)

Ayalue Avlaure · Veteran Member

Ang may kailangan ng laptops - computer~ majors. Pero I guess wala pa naman kayong major subjects sa first year (kung meron man, 1 or 2 lang yun, depende sa course).

Reasons why people have laptops:

1. May kinacram
2. May presentation
3. Gusto lang :D

Pero hindi siya necessity talaga. Pampabigat lang yun ng bag. :P And yes, gaya ng sabi ni jrcb, may mga computer rooms sa school, so don't worry about it.

For taking down notes, pen and paper/notebook pa rin. :)

Erika · Veteran Member

Isa pang rason kung bakit bumili ako ng laptop ay, nung Open House, my mom noticed that all the places/rooms we were in, there were individual plugs for, we assumed, laptops. So we concluded that if the school had to provide that much plugs, that meant that almost everybody had one. O:

jrcb · Senior Member

Erika wrote:

Isa pang rason kung bakit bumili ako ng laptop ay, nung Open House, my mom noticed that all the places/rooms we were in, there were individual plugs for, we assumed, laptops. So we concluded that if the school had to provide that much plugs, that meant that almost everybody had one. O:

for one, limited ang plugs, mga less than 6 plugs per room only. tapos 1 is for the projector, 1 is for ohp. others are for electric fan, others are free pero malayo sa chairs. usually nasa harap.

Erika · Veteran Member

jrcb wrote:

Erika wrote:

Isa pang rason kung bakit bumili ako ng laptop ay, nung Open House, my mom noticed that all the places/rooms we were in, there were individual plugs for, we assumed, laptops. So we concluded that if the school had to provide that much plugs, that meant that almost everybody had one. O:

for one, limited ang plugs, mga less than 6 plugs per room only. tapos 1 is for the projector, 1 is for ohp. others are for electric fan, others are free pero malayo sa chairs. usually nasa harap.

Ah ganun po? Since "halls" (I dun really know what theyre called it's just they have looong continuous tables that have plugs under platform) and not the regular class chairs po ung napuntahan namin nung Open House, akala po namin, ganun na lahat. O:

Sorry.

jrcb · Senior Member

Erika wrote:

jrcb wrote:

Erika wrote:

Isa pang rason kung bakit bumili ako ng laptop ay, nung Open House, my mom noticed that all the places/rooms we were in, there were individual plugs for, we assumed, laptops. So we concluded that if the school had to provide that much plugs, that meant that almost everybody had one. O:

for one, limited ang plugs, mga less than 6 plugs per room only. tapos 1 is for the projector, 1 is for ohp. others are for electric fan, others are free pero malayo sa chairs. usually nasa harap.

Ah ganun po? Since "halls" (I dun really know what theyre called it's just they have looong continuous tables that have plugs under platform) and not the regular class chairs po ung napuntahan namin nung Open House, akala po namin, ganun na lahat. O:
Sorry.

wait. bakit parang wala akong maalalang may ganyang description :))

anyway. kung gusto mo tlagang bumili ng laptop. go lang :D wala namang nagbabawal sa iyo :D hehehe

genso19 · Veteran Member

sabi ng classmate q na incoming freshman ng admu din

mei discount daw ateneans sa macbooks

actually, she ordered the latest macbook (13.3", 2.4 GHz) through ateneo, she fetch the notebook just a while ago, hehe, sabi nya, original price daw is 95k, pero pag atenista ka, 78k nalang

and also, I'm a big fan of laptops too, kung naghahanap kau ng magandang laptop, I'll suggest either Lenovo X200 or HP Touchsmart tx2z series, very practical, especially the latter, hehe

Ayalue Avlaure · Veteran Member

Erika wrote:
Isa pang rason kung bakit bumili ako ng laptop ay, nung Open House, my mom noticed that all the places/rooms we were in, there were individual plugs for, we assumed, laptops. So we concluded that if the school had to provide that much plugs, that meant that almost everybody had one. O:

AHHH. Alam ko na, yan siguro yung SOM 210, where you had your Accounting open house class, tama ba? :)

Usually, Management classes ang nandun sa SOM 210.

Some people take down notes with their laptops. O kaya naman may presentations. Or some are accessing old PowerPoint lectures, etc. I still trust pen and paper, hindi nanakawin eh. biggrin

miss_veron08 · Senior Member

genso19 wrote:

sabi ng classmate q na incoming freshman ng admu din

mei discount daw ateneans sa macbooks

actually, she ordered the latest macbook (13.3", 2.4 GHz) through ateneo, she fetch the notebook just a while ago, hehe, sabi nya, original price daw is 95k, pero pag atenista ka, 78k nalang

and also, I'm a big fan of laptops too, kung naghahanap kau ng magandang laptop, I'll suggest either Lenovo X200 or HP Touchsmart tx2z series, very practical, especially the latter, hehe

haha..

anlaki po ng bawas. XD

therese · Veteran Member

Regarding the dorm internet, sabi ng brother ko, it's really fast. O_O Haha.

genso19 wrote:

sabi ng classmate q na incoming freshman ng admu din

mei discount daw ateneans sa macbooks

actually, she ordered the latest macbook (13.3", 2.4 GHz) through ateneo, she fetch the notebook just a while ago, hehe, sabi nya, original price daw is 95k, pero pag atenista ka, 78k nalang

and also, I'm a big fan of laptops too, kung naghahanap kau ng magandang laptop, I'll suggest either Lenovo X200 or HP Touchsmart tx2z series, very practical, especially the latter, hehe

O____O No way O___O Why wasn't I told about this :| Di nga? 95k to 78k?!

jamjam · Newbie

i think if there are PCs naman that can be used for free in the campus, buying a laptop is not really a necessity... it's very convenient though, and syempre iba pa rin ung may sarili kang laptop...
but if you think it would be unnecessary and if you're still to buy one, better think twice (or more) about it.. :)

miss_veron08 · Senior Member

May wi-fi zones ba sa admu?

makulitnajunior · Veteran Member

miss_veron08 wrote:

May wi-fi zones ba sa admu?

marami! you'd have to register your device first though. and i think only 1 device per student.

miss_veron08 · Senior Member

makulitnajunior wrote:

miss_veron08 wrote:

May wi-fi zones ba sa admu?

marami! you'd have to register your device first though. and i think only 1 device per student.

Ah, may bayad? Saan ung mga wi-fi zones?

Ryuji · Member

miss_veron08 wrote:

makulitnajunior wrote:

miss_veron08 wrote:

May wi-fi zones ba sa admu?

marami! you'd have to register your device first though. and i think only 1 device per student.

Ah, may bayad? Saan ung mga wi-fi zones?

Wala pong bayad ang Wi-fi. It's included in you Tuition fee :D you just have to register since mga enrolled students lang ang makakagamit ng Wi-fi

Ryuji · Member

jamjam wrote:

i think if there are PCs naman that can be used for free in the campus, buying a laptop is not really a necessity... it's very convenient though, and syempre iba pa rin ung may sarili kang laptop...
but if you think it would be unnecessary and if you're still to buy one, better think twice (or more) about it.. :)

Well, nung freshie rin ako, nagpanic din ako since I thought laptop is a necessity. Peroo, hindi naman pala hahaha!!. It is convenient lang talaga if you are a crammer and gusto mong magsulat ng paper ANYWHERE in the campus, magsurf ng net and all. Pero Necessity? hindi naman po. Sa reports lang but i-asa niyo na lang yung pagdadala ng laptop sa groupmates niyo :P AHAHAHA

Ryuji · Member

Erika wrote:

Isa pang rason kung bakit bumili ako ng laptop ay, nung Open House, my mom noticed that all the places/rooms we were in, there were individual plugs for, we assumed, laptops. So we concluded that if the school had to provide that much plugs, that meant that almost everybody had one. O:

Not everybody. Pero since binabayaran niyo yung Wi-Fi then at least use it :P Pero kung tight yung budget niyo. DONT PUSH IT kasi hindi talaga siya kailangan :) Maraming computers ang Ateneo that you can use for you needs :P

Nikko · Veteran Member

how do you register your device for the wi-fi?

@arvin: seryoso??? may discount na ganun kalaki?? haha.

genso19 · Veteran Member

Nikko wrote:

how do you register your device for the wi-fi?

@arvin: seryoso??? may discount na ganun kalaki?? haha.

sabi ni barba eh, IIRC

kakabili nya palang

-- Edited by genso19 on Friday 29th of May 2009 01:17:24 AM

WickedGossip · Senior Member

Are we allowed to use our laptops during classes?

dnoboi · Member

In general, a laptop is helpful for convenience but it's not a necessity. Almost every spot where it's comfortable to study/research is a wifi hotspot (ex. Matteo Ricci, all floors of the library, Kostka ext, and even the caf if you can bear with the noise). It's also helpful for some class presentations. Ang problema kasi sa mga computer, madalas mapuno yung mga labs tapos minsan may mga computer na either mabagal, pangit/outdated/kulang yung software, or may mga virus.

Then again, if you're not a crammer, you won't have a problem since marami rin namang time na kakaunti lang gumagamit nung computers. Tapos parami na rin nang parami yung mga mas magandang computers sa Ateneo. For the class presentations, you'll also most likely have a blockmate who has a laptop, so that should be enough.

Nikko wrote:

how do you register your device for the wi-fi?

@arvin: seryoso??? may discount na ganun kalaki?? haha.

Refer to this website for details regarding wi-fi:
http://cng.ateneo.edu/helpdesk.html

WickedGossip wrote:

Are we allowed to use our laptops during classes?

It depends on your professor.

-- Edited by dnoboi on Friday 29th of May 2009 03:09:03 AM

Nikko · Veteran Member

@dnoboi: thanks for the link! :D

Johnnie Walker · Veteran Member

Having a laptop isn't a necessity in Ateneo. A few people swear by it, but personally, I never found bringing one very useful. It helps, of course, having your own computer at home or in your dorm.

I only bring a laptop whenever we have presentations (you can plug your laptop to the LCD projectors available in some classrooms). In that case, smaller, lighter laptops are recommended. Mine had a big, wide screen and was heavy, but I chose to buy one of those because I wanted to play games. Hahaha! If you only need a laptop for work, just buy the smaller ones so you don't get tired lugging them around campus.

Ateneo has wi-fi, by the way. I only used it for one semester though. It wasn't very reliable or fast. Besides, there are desktop computers with internet available for student use around campus. I know of about 4-5 computer labs. There are also a lot of internet cafes along Katipunan if you're in a pinch... or if you want to play LAN games. Hehehe.

-- Edited by Johnnie Walker on Sunday 31st of May 2009 09:14:13 AM

emo_iceprincess · Veteran Member

i'm having a hard time deciding which laptop to buy. :P i'm considering toshiba or lenovo, though. suggestions anyone? thanks! :)

therese · Veteran Member

emo_iceprincess wrote:

i'm having a hard time deciding which laptop to buy. :P i'm considering toshiba or lenovo, though. suggestions anyone? thanks! :)

If you're choosing between those two, then LENOVO is definitely the answer. Trust me. :]

nonfatmintlatte · Veteran Member

is the eliazo dorm safe to leave my laptop in? bec. my parents are thinking of buying me a laptop for school...my dad says i can't go to college without a computer. but the thing is i don't want to lug around a (potentially heavy) computer all the time so i was wondering if it's safe to leave it in the dorm nalang. because if not, i'll probably tell them to wait nalang until I really need it talaga.

-- Edited by nonfatmintlatte on Tuesday 2nd of June 2009 04:31:57 AM

Johnnie Walker · Veteran Member

emo_iceprincess wrote:

i'm having a hard time deciding which laptop to buy. :P i'm considering toshiba or lenovo, though. suggestions anyone? thanks! :)

I owned a Lenovo! Lasted over two years. I'd leave it turned on for days sometimes (abuso sa fixed fee sa dorm namin. HAHA). It would've lasted longer had it not fallen down a flight of stairs...

I'd recommend getting a Lenovo. :D

-- Edited by Johnnie Walker on Wednesday 3rd of June 2009 01:17:05 AM

nonfatmintlatte · Veteran Member

^i own an ibm thinkpad which i think is a transitionary model from when lenovo took over the thinkpad line. it still has the thinkpad exterior but when you turn it on it says lenovo na. weird nga eh. anyway we're not buying a new one na i'm bringing this to the dorm

miss_veron08 · Senior Member

I'm thinking of buying VAIO Pink. XD The one with glitters. :))

therese · Veteran Member

miss_veron08 wrote:

I'm thinking of buying VAIO Pink. XD The one with glitters. :))

Nah, I've heard bad reviews.

miss_veron08 · Senior Member

therese wrote:

miss_veron08 wrote:

I'm thinking of buying VAIO Pink. XD The one with glitters. :))

Nah, I've heard bad reviews.

Talaga? Like?

genso19 · Veteran Member

lenovo or hp recommended

try lenovo x200 or hp dv4t series, practical for college life

Lenie · Veteran Member

Okay lang ba ung wi-fi?
We're planning to get ung internet usb thing from Sun, di daw kasi maganda ung wi-fi :V

Johnnie Walker · Veteran Member

nonfatmintlatte wrote:

^i own an ibm thinkpad which i think is a transitionary model from when lenovo took over the thinkpad line. it still has the thinkpad exterior but when you turn it on it says lenovo na. weird nga eh. anyway we're not buying a new one na i'm bringing this to the dorm

Okay na yan! :D

jjsoviet · Senior Member

Yeah, I'm planning on buying a laptop, since I'm very famous for cramming in my home. I already decided on the MSI GX620X gaming laptops, since it has the best cost-to-performance ratio. It has an nVidia GeForce 9600M GT 512 mb video card, 4 GB DDR3 RAM, and a Centrino 2 2.0 Ghz processor. 50K for all that.

I advise you guys who will use intensive applications to get a powerful laptop, believe me. Cheap notebooks and netbooks are generally portable, but not that helpful. You will notice some lag when using even simple programs especially if the device in question has an Atom or Core Duo 1.5-1.8 Ghz processor and one of those onboard Intel GMA series video cards.

-- Edited by jjsoviet on Thursday 4th of June 2009 01:12:48 AM