Wireless or not

[operababe]

Hey all, sorrie to start a new thread but I'm having real trouble looking for a laptop. Dell have got some good deals on + I think they end tomorrow. Do you guys have any suggestions? Also to get back to the title of this thread, is getting a laptop with internal wireless/Intel Centrino (I think they're the same!) a good idea when it comes to plugging it into a comp data point? I mean cos it's wireless would there just be no lead coming out/wouldn't work. Please can someone post a reply if they're sure that wireless is ok, as I hear this is the latest technology. I don't wanna come to uni with an incompatible laptop!
Thank you v v v v much
Maya xxx

[BeCuZ_iT_rOcKs]

Originally Posted by operababe

Hey all, sorrie to start a new thread but I'm having real trouble looking for a laptop. Dell have got some good deals on + I think they end tomorrow. Do you guys have any suggestions? Also to get back to the title of this thread, is getting a laptop with internal wireless/Intel Centrino (I think they're the same!) a good idea when it comes to plugging it into a comp data point? I mean cos it's wireless would there just be no lead coming out/wouldn't work. Please can someone post a reply if they're sure that wireless is ok, as I hear this is the latest technology. I don't wanna come to uni with an incompatible laptop!
Thank you v v v v much
Maya xxx

k Maya - theres wireless in the library and in a couple of halls but pretty much all wireless laptops have the space for a wire in any case - called an ethernet port - i havent seen a laptop made after 2000 without one - id say u go for the centrino - better battery life and lighter

[zoë]

get the wireless one - it will have a normal port for a cable anyway if you move into a big house after first year and want internet there it will be much easier if you get a wireless router rather than have wires trailing around all over the place!

[crazyperson]

oo zoe has a face! lol

Yeah bit off the original topic - but do you think a lap top is really necessary for the first year? I've had a load of people telling me different things, and I'm confused! I know I'll have to get one eventually, but was just wondering how much access you need to a computer in the first year.

Cheers! xx

[beans]

yeh, will i really need to bring a laptop in the first year? are the uni computers not always available.. and will i need my own printer? cos a friend said that at uni, you have to pay for every page you print and that its better to have your own printer.

[operababe]

Hi, thanks for all the advice guys! I've gone for wireless and have ordered the laptop from dell. Lol, I should have known that computer companies would have thought about these things! Anyway I'm only getting one cos I've had this computer for 7 years! It's like pentium II. Woah is that old or what! So I just thought I deserved an ickle treat.
I can't wait til my freshers pack arrives!
Maya xxx

[zoë]

maya! from your name i assume you sing. you therefore must join choir/music soc (and that applies to everyone else as well regardless of whether you can really sing or not), it is uber fun!! see more at www.icsmms.co.uk!

[Andreita]

I WANT MY FRESHER'S PACK NOW rant over

[operababe]

Hi Zoe, yes I am a singer and I intend to join the music society the first chance I get. The website looks so cool. I can't believe you go on tour every 2 years! That is something. I belonged to a children's choir for 5 years and the closest I got to a tour was 2 nights in Brussels, lol. I've had a long summer break from singing so I can't wait to get started again.
Maya x

[lori]

ooh I wanna join the choir! (quite frankly I havent played sport for some time so was wondering what exactly i was gonna do at Imperial!)

me and andreita were once gonna audition to join one of our school choirs but we never did...dont know what happened; I remember being all ill&bunged up but still willing to accompany dearest andreita, but we never went........well we'll go this time wont we andy??