Senioritis / Quitting-my-job-soon-ioritis Forum

[BirdLawExpert]

I'm just sitting here waiting for the IRS to give me my tax refund so I can start shopping for a law school laptop.

Anybody know what they're going to take next year? Kind of tempted by Surface Book at the moment, but I hear that pretty much everyone just uses macbook pros.

Everyone uses macbooks, but I can't bring myself to. Either a surface pro (a friend has one he is selling) or some Acer laptop I pick up from microcenter.

I have a great desktop I built myself so no need for a ton of power.

Yeah, that's my main issue. Do I get a Windows laptop to match the editing machine I just built, or do I get a MacBook Pro to match my iPod, iPhone, and iPad?

[janderson821]

I'm just sitting here waiting for the IRS to give me my tax refund so I can start shopping for a law school laptop.

Anybody know what they're going to take next year? Kind of tempted by Surface Book at the moment, but I hear that pretty much everyone just uses macbook pros.

I've definitely been an apple person for a long time but I'm really tempted by the Surface Book too. It is more expensive though and I don't know anyone who has one.

[TheKisSquared]

I'm just sitting here waiting for the IRS to give me my tax refund so I can start shopping for a law school laptop.

Anybody know what they're going to take next year? Kind of tempted by Surface Book at the moment, but I hear that pretty much everyone just uses macbook pros.

I've definitely been an apple person for a long time but I'm really tempted by the Surface Book too. It is more expensive though and I don't know anyone who has one.

I live in the same household as a surface pro and have used it occasionally. Feel free to ask me questions (or PM me). It's a great device and the only downside really is the price. If portability/weight is important (which heh law school) the cost seems worth it. Works as well as more traditional laptops I've used/bought in the last two years.

As to Birdlaw's question above, I actually think (depending on which school you're going to, because of software) you want the most portable, cheapest thing. I actually think a chromebook (again depending on if you need in-classroom software) would be a good bet. I'm just lucky enough to have a surface pro for very cheap available to me right now that I'm debating on jumping on.

[Nachoo2019]

I'm just sitting here waiting for the IRS to give me my tax refund so I can start shopping for a law school laptop.

Anybody know what they're going to take next year? Kind of tempted by Surface Book at the moment, but I hear that pretty much everyone just uses macbook pros.

My MacBook Pro is 5 years old and still works like a champ! I will be getting the new one just before starting law school in the fall too and I would definitely recommend getting the Mac instead of the surface

[BirdLawExpert]

I'm just sitting here waiting for the IRS to give me my tax refund so I can start shopping for a law school laptop.

Anybody know what they're going to take next year? Kind of tempted by Surface Book at the moment, but I hear that pretty much everyone just uses macbook pros.

My MacBook Pro is 5 years old and still works like a champ! I will be getting the new one just before starting law school in the fall too and I would definitely recommend getting the Mac instead of the surface

But dat touchscreen. Think of all the flowcharts I could draw on my notes!!

[James.K.Polk]

Getting home from an ASW (and just vacation) last night at 1:30 am, 4 straight Ubers cancelled on me so I had to pay $50 to get home with a cab. It's like a $15 Uber ride. Roigh start to the week.

Counterpoint: Opening Day!

[Smallville]

yeah, I've got a decently recent built desktop thats pretty solid but got a Macbook thats only like 2 years old. While Im not debating getting anything new I'm just really hoping having a desktop to use at home and a Macbook for class doesnt cause any annoyances

[TheKisSquared]

yeah, I've got a decently recent built desktop thats pretty solid but got a Macbook thats only like 2 years old. While Im not debating getting anything new I'm just really hoping having a desktop to use at home and a Macbook for class doesnt cause any annoyances

It really shouldn't, I would just use a windows-friendly cloud system to backup/sync work (Google Drive or Dropbox being my systems of choice)

[basedvulpes]

I'm a strong advocate of my Dell XPS 13. Best computer I've ever used, and I really like Windows 10.

[schocolate]

I... I was planning on taking notes by hand.

[OLitch]

I... I was planning on taking notes by hand.

Me too!

[schocolate]

I... I was planning on taking notes by hand.

Me too!

Ah, awesome, I'm glad I'm not the only one. My plan is to take my notes by hand and then type them up later so I can put them into outlines.

Guys, I'm so excited to be back in school.

[OLitch]

I... I was planning on taking notes by hand.

Me too!

Ah, awesome, I'm glad I'm not the only one. My plan is to take my notes by hand and then type them up later so I can put them into outlines.

Guys, I'm so excited to be back in school.

This.

[benwyatt]

I... I was planning on taking notes by hand.

I hate writing things by hand. I have awful handwriting so it's a roll of the dice on whether or not I'll be able to read it later.

[Smallville]

I... I was planning on taking notes by hand.

Me too!

Ah, awesome, I'm glad I'm not the only one. My plan is to take my notes by hand and then type them up later so I can put them into outlines.

Guys, I'm so excited to be back in school.

That is my plan, best to remember stuff by + any diagrams or w.e that would be helpful wouldnt be too easy on most computers.

[07152016]

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[EnderWiggin]

Checking in so hard

this was/is an underrated post

[JeanLucPicard]

I... I was planning on taking notes by hand.

Me too!

Ah, awesome, I'm glad I'm not the only one. My plan is to take my notes by hand and then type them up later so I can put them into outlines.

Guys, I'm so excited to be back in school.

It's like you read my mind, friend.

It's exciting, isn't it!?

My plan is to record the lesson on a tape recorder, type out notes on a laptop of yet unknown make, and do tables and diagrams by hand. All of those will then be distilled into an outline later.

[Smallville]

I'm totally excited to go back to school, live away from home, etc. however I feel like once classes start that is gunna go away real quick

[PatriotP74]

Checking in here, set on a school, attended the ASD, now to make it through 3 more months of work......

[ugg]

one month of work left.

[PatriotP74]

one month of work left.

Hi Ugg. How are you? Where'd you decide to attend??

[slippin_jimmy]

Back in the office with a huge to-do list from being out for ASWs.

But no, our computers are crashing completely.

These are my sourest of grapes. Can't wait for Wiggs'.

[TheKisSquared]

I... I was planning on taking notes by hand.

Some schools have in-class exams that either require special software or at least require you to submit a PDF.... right?

[Smallville]

I... I was planning on taking notes by hand.

Some schools have in-class exams that either require special software or at least require you to submit a PDF.... right?

yeah, a lot of schools I believe have you get a program that totally blocks everything other than itself for you to type and submit. However some also allow you to write in bluebooks if you prefer or cant on the computer for whatever reason (though not recommended as its not as clean and slower most of the time) though idk what schools do or dont. But you could still write notes by hand and take your exams on a laptop