with a brilliant piece of technology called a pencil.

you should try it one day OP.

>>19846025

ZING!!!

That's not Emacs running AUCTex

A notepad and a Staedler Tradition.

>>19846025
Ball point pen master race here.

>>19846025
badum-tiss!

Ok, and now... put gadgets, /g/entlemen.

>>19846025
>pencil
Enjoy your horrible writing utensil
Pen master race here.

BUT WHAT ABOUT MISTAKES

Master Race don't make mistakes.

pen and paper
PEN AND PAPER
YES, I AM SORRY YOU WANT TO USE A LAPTOP. NO, IT'S A HORRIBLE IDEA

PEN AND PAPER.

I'm a retro hipster metrosexual so I prefer using a Tandy Model 100 maxxxed out to 32 kilobytes of sweet sweet RAM.

The 23-pin-serial to 9-pin-serial to USB adaptor that I'm rocking is a friggin nightmare tho.

What's better for uni/college?

Netbook, tablet + keyboard or a notebook?

>>19846025
I dislike pencils, the scratchy feel they make when writing with them makes me shudder, thus, I use pens or preferably a laptop (pen always>laptop for taking notes however).

>>19846125
Mechanical pen + paper notebook

Stop being a faggot

>2011
>not using .7 lead with your mechanical pencil

>>19846125

This: http://www.yifangdigital.com/product/MobilePen.aspx

>>19846149
>0.7
>not 0.5
Enjoy being unable to take notes in small areas

>>19846126

>I dislike pencils, the scratchy feel they make when writing with them makes me shudder

>>19846095
>>19846102

>mfw my handwritting is pure brilliance

pencil mater race, you know why? because pencils float on water.

>>19846125
I personally prefer subnotebooks. More powerful than netbooks, smaller and lighter than notebooks and not retarded for college/university use like a tablet is.

>>19846186
>not using mechanical pencils

I use a pencil and paper.

>2011
>/g/ not using digital pen.

WHAT

>Maths/Science/Economics
>Diagrams, formulas, graphs
>Taking notes with a keyboard

>going to college/uni instead of self-teaching stuff at home and making your up with a private business.
sage

>>19846186
ah... err.. yah I use the mechanical pencils. Go to staples, buy 20 for 5 bucks, no need to sharpen, always have them best.

>>19846250
forgot it.

my handwriting is so bad that I can barely even read my notes, so I don't take them anymore

>>19846250

didn't even sage...

I like a rainbow of different colored pens.

Pencils are for uncertain wimps. When I make a mistake, I cross it out once with a horizontal line.

>>19846267
>not going to elementary school

>>19846280
It stopped improving around 3rd grade, I had occupational therapy and everything, too.

>>19846203
can you give an example of a sub note book?
that sounds like exactly what i need

What if you combine Motorola Xoom Tablet with a digital pen?

>>19846297
areyoume.jpg

>>19846298
Look under a notebook and you will find a subnotebook.

I use Pen and paper to take notes, then I upload all my notes to my laptop for convenience.

Livescribe Master Race

http://www.livescribe.com/

LaTeX and a good editor.
It's possible to tex the average algebra lecture in real-time with some practice. The best thing about TeX is that it's compatible with version control. If several students keep a git repo with their lecture notes, you can easily merge them and spot errors.

>>19846298
Not the poster, but I think an alienware m11x would fall under that category. 11 inch screen, long battery life but better specs than most 13 inch laptops.

>>19846322

What do you think about the Acer AspireOne 721?

>>19846326
You mean you scan them?

>>19846337
i really need to learn how to use LaTeX

>not scribbling down the notes on a piece of paper that you can barely read in your shitty handwriting and then never looking at the notes anyway

>>19846298
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subnotebook
also
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_subnotebooks

I use a HP Compaq NC4400, it's a couple of years old but it's more than adequate. Also, Macbook air and Alienware m11x to name a few. But one's a mac which /g/ seems to loathe for the sakes of being hipster and the other is Alienware.

>>19846362
Yes that, I've been on my computer far too long.

>>19846355

bump

>>19846364
It's definitely worth it. However I have to add that I'm using mostly it in math related lectures. For lectures that are not formula heavy, a desktop wiki like Zim is a more comfortable alternative. Zim stores its data in plain-text which makes it also compatible with version control and it's capable of embedding LaTeX code.

http://zim-wiki.org/

AFAIK it's for GNU operating systems only though.

You can't grep dead trees.

>>19846382

>implying /g/ doesn't respect the m11x for being an ultra portable with some power, and group it differently from the other retarded gaymen laptops

>>19846025
>>19846038
1. I fucking hate avatarfags.
2. I fucking hate bronies.

With that out of the way, I type much faster than I can write and can fit way more notes into a single document than I can on paper.

Also I write left-handed and my shitty school system misled me into writing with a crooked wrist which causes unbelievable amounts of pain after extended periods of time.

So... fuck it.

>>19846459
>Implying I'm not entitled to my own opinion

Recording the lecture through audio or video and then taking notes during review on your own time.

Seriously, don't overload yourself. You'll be glad you have a reference for later.

> Not using Staedtler Digital Pen

>>19846504
Worst advice in the thread. You will drown in your recordings. Just take good notes and learn the material BEFORE the lecture, so that the lecture is review, not the first time you see the material. You will rock every course.

P.S. That's why you are given a list of subjects in the syllabus!

Need urgent advice.

Is the Acer Aspire One 721 with something like Intellipen PRO Digital Pen a good combo? I got 500€ to spend, and it's definitely in my price range.

Please help, u guise.

>>19846540
Best advice in this thread.

>taking notes
>2011
Man it sure must suck not to have an Eidetic memory.

I've been experimenting a lot since Uni.

I've gotta say, I used to prefer p&p greatly but recently my attention and handwriting have both deteriorated so much that often I can no longer read my own notes.

I find onenote to be a better tool than most things I've tried. the main help is typing constantly helps me concentrated and I can take very detailed notes. the down side is it's harder to format than p&p and not nearly as concise to study later.

>>19846540
That's great advice.

can someone PLEASE explain to me you can ctrl+f handwritten notes to find a specific term or phrase you were looking for?

>>19846587
I find that p&p actually help me remembering things. Notes I somehow seem to remember much better, but that may also be because I really enjoy writing when I have my Mitsubishi UM-161.

Also taking notes for economics can only really be done on paper. Dem diagrams/formulas.

>Not using a regular ass laptop.
>2011

ISHYGDDT

>2011
>Not knowing the material before the lecture
>Not asking your lecturer to wear a cheap lapell mic while they lecture
>Not using a thinkpad tablet

F- see me after class

>>19846565
>>19846594
You're welcome. It really does work. (And it's easy to predict what most profs will do. Just read the next chapter before class, generally.)

Does anybody know of anything like ops pic, but less expensive?
anybody?

Are AMD Fusion netbooks, such as the Toshiba NB550D, a good option for college work?
Possible upgrade to 4GB RAM, reasonable graphics which could run some games on low resolution, good speakers and decent battery life. Is Toshiba a good manufacturer from peoples' personal experience?
Used to have a Satellite which failed within a few months, so a bit wary of buying Toshiba again.

>>19846633
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=search+handwritten+notes

>>19846663
> I find that p&p actually help me remembering things
Brofist! The physical act to committed ideas to paper helps me remember them.

>>19846576
This.

>>19846688
Yes it does.

Tho I like to take photos or record lecture while making notes.

Not allways you get everything on paper.

>>19846688

I used my netbook to type down important the parts and record the rest of the lecture.

I don't take classes that require me to doodle diagrams or shit, and none of the instructors I take are against recording.

Netbook running dwm. Half tile, reference material, and other half zim desktop wiki. This is for taking the lecture notes but writing formulas is best done with paper and pen.

>>19846675
I tried this for one module in year 1 and I completely aced that, I'm definitely gonna do it for all of them this year.

>>19846747

Fucking this.

And nothing beats a netbook/subnotebook + digital pen combo.

Zebra es #1

>faggots writing instead of typing
If your handwriting is faster than your typing, then get out.

>>19846734
I read that as
>Netbook running doom ,Half life, reference manual, invader zim

>>19846337
> It's possible to tex the average algebra lecture in real-time with some practice.

Get back to me when you do engineering type whiteboard diagrams in real time. If you are that good with PSTricks you should srsly donate your brain to science.

The ideal solution is pic related. I'm college poor so it's mechanical pencil + engineering paper for me.

>>19846784
I do economics and my notes consist mostly of diagrams and formulas. Almost impossible to keep up in a lecture.

>faggots not using a sonic screwdriver.

>>19846784
You don't have your own shorthand method or know proper shorthand?

>>19846342
>gayming laptop for college

I love having notes that seem like hieroglyphs to everyone else, even to people on my course.

>>19846812
Nice penmanship. Do you change your writing style every few years, or am I just weird? I can hardly tell if I wrote something if it's from more than few years ago, though I can read it.

>>19846812

my god is still waiting for that 3264x2448 pic to load.

seriously wtf

>>19846851
Why not? It's not like you never have time in college for some gayman.

X201t + OneNote master race here.
laptop losers and paper peasants are pathetic

>>19846876
Here you go, poorfag.

>>19846799
That I can understand.
>>19846816
Typing is still faster than shorthand.

>>19846903
>mfw I can probably fit 4 times as much on an a4 sheet of paper with a normal pen