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I've heard good things about OneNote and Evernote, but I'm curious as to what you guys use or will be using this upcoming fall.

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A spiral notebook is what I have planned.

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SwollenMonkey wrote:A spiral notebook is what I have planned.

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I know I will look like I am still in 7th grade, but I actually learn better when I write things down and then later type them out into proper notes

I've heard OneNote is by and far the best. But I'd like to know if there is any Mac-based note-taking software that works well for people.

OneNote of course

One Note is amazing.

That is all.

I <3 OneNote

existenz wrote:I've heard OneNote is by and far the best. But I'd like to know if there is any Mac-based note-taking software that works well for people.

I'm wondering this as well. I was quite disappointed to see that OneNote is not included in Microsoft Office for Macs.

I've heard some things about Evernote and Curio, but I have never used them. Any Mac note-takers out there?

philosoraptor wrote:

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Get something that will record your lectures and let you listen to them from the point a note is written.

OneNote.

onenote is unrivaled. hands down best software.

if you're on a mac, just get parallels or vmware and you can run windows, and therefore onenote, seamless with your mac OS...just upgrade to 4 gigs of ram and you won't be able to tell you're running two operating systems at once. works like a charm.

teebone51 wrote:onenote is unrivaled. hands down best software.

if you're on a mac, just get parallels or vmware and you can run windows, and therefore onenote, seamless with your mac OS...just upgrade to 4 gigs of ram and you won't be able to tell you're running two operating systems at once. works like a charm.

Why I love macs. All you need is twice the normal ram at double the cost of a pc to operate windows the same as a pc.

cardnal124 wrote:

teebone51 wrote:onenote is unrivaled. hands down best software.

if you're on a mac, just get parallels or vmware and you can run windows, and therefore onenote, seamless with your mac OS...just upgrade to 4 gigs of ram and you won't be able to tell you're running two operating systems at once. works like a charm.

Why I love macs. All you need is twice the normal ram at double the cost of a pc to operate windows the same as a pc.

It's so great!

^^ Yes. Giving money to Steve Jobs is awesome. He really needs it

I am going to be a sellout and say MS Word. Have been taking notes like that forever. Why do you need anything other than a word processor?

onenote helps with legal writing assignments. you can print cases from westlaw into onenote, and then use the search function to search the text of the cases. saves tons of time.

I've heard circus ponies' notebook is a good substitute for one note, for macs

teebone51 wrote:onenote helps with legal writing assignments. you can print cases from westlaw into onenote, and then use the search function to search the text of the cases. saves tons of time.

Why couldn't you do this without it?

r6_philly wrote:

teebone51 wrote:onenote helps with legal writing assignments. you can print cases from westlaw into onenote, and then use the search function to search the text of the cases. saves tons of time.

Why couldn't you do this without it?

i suppose you could, but it would be cumbersome. with onenote you can switch back and forth between pdf's, instead of having 10+ different windows open and having to search each of them individually. doesn't do anything you can't already do, just lets you do it faster/easier.

teebone51 wrote:

r6_philly wrote:

teebone51 wrote:onenote helps with legal writing assignments. you can print cases from westlaw into onenote, and then use the search function to search the text of the cases. saves tons of time.

Why couldn't you do this without it?

i suppose you could, but it would be cumbersome. with onenote you can switch back and forth between pdf's, instead of having 10+ different windows open and having to search each of them individually. doesn't do anything you can't already do, just lets you do it faster/easier.

Got it. My main work station has 2 large displays and I frequently work with 10+ windows open

I guess it saves the time to compile everything, but I probably would rather read over them and compile on my own anyway.

Thanks for the info.

whattodo2008 wrote:I've heard circus ponies' notebook is a good substitute for one note, for macs

I've recently heard the same. Here is a quick overview of how one law student uses it:

http://maclawstudents.com/blog/product- ... -notebook/

(This is really old, but I think most Notebook features are still the same if not better.)

r6_philly wrote:
Got it. My main work station has 2 large displays and I frequently work with 10+ windows open

I guess it saves the time to compile everything, but I probably would rather read over them and compile on my own anyway.

Thanks for the info.

Try that strategy when you're called upon in class. "Hold up, I'm still setting up my 2nd screen."

shepdawg wrote:

r6_philly wrote:
Got it. My main work station has 2 large displays and I frequently work with 10+ windows open

I guess it saves the time to compile everything, but I probably would rather read over them and compile on my own anyway.

Thanks for the info.

Try that strategy when you're called upon in class. "Hold up, I'm still setting up my 2nd screen."

I wouldn't need to look at notes in class.