Comments on: Undergraduates Own More Laptops than Desktops http://dltj.org/article/laptop-vs-desktop/ We're Disrupted, We're Librarians, and We're Not Going to Take It Anymore Wed, 23 May 2012 16:01:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: pintinibloghttp://dltj.org/article/laptop-vs-desktop/comment-page-1/#comment-23150 pintiniblog Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:58:56 +0000 http://dltj.org/2007/09/laptop-vs-desktop/#comment-23150 <!--%kramer-pre%-->[<a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://pintini.blogspirit.com/archive/2007/09/18/portables.html" title="Translation to English via Google" rel="nofollow">English translation]</a> Lié à ceci, DLTJ signaledans ce billetun rapport d'Educause sur l'usage des TIC par les étudiants. Parmi les constats, il est à noter que pour la première fois cette année le "taux de possession" de portables dépasse celui des ordi de bureau. On s'en doutait, mais voilà, les chiffres<!--%kramer-post%--> links from Technorati[English translation] Lié à ceci, DLTJ signaledans ce billetun rapport d’Educause sur l’usage des TIC par les étudiants. Parmi les constats, il est à noter que pour la première fois cette année le “taux de possession” de portables dépasse celui des ordi de bureau. On s’en doutait, mais voilà, les chiffres

]]> By: the jesterhttp://dltj.org/article/laptop-vs-desktop/comment-page-1/#comment-23107 the jester Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:41:44 +0000 http://dltj.org/2007/09/laptop-vs-desktop/#comment-23107 You're welcome, Karen -- I'm glad you found it useful. The electricity thing is a problem, and I've taken to carrying around a Ziotek <a href="http://www.ziotek.com/templates/searchdetail.asp?productID=4189" rel="nofollow">Power Strip Liberator Plus</a> (<a href="http://www.x-tremegeek.com/templates/searchdetail.asp?sk=MX71419&productID=4189" rel="nofollow">$2.59 each at X-Tremegeek.com</a>) for just such occasions. It is also handy in hotel rooms and when dealing with large "brick" power supplies.Of course, there is a limit to this scheme -- you can't get more electricity into your building by just installing more power outlets or power strips... You’re welcome, Karen — I’m glad you found it useful. The electricity thing is a problem, and I’ve taken to carrying around a Ziotek Power Strip Liberator Plus ($2.59 each at X-Tremegeek.com) for just such occasions. It is also handy in hotel rooms and when dealing with large “brick” power supplies.

Of course, there is a limit to this scheme — you can’t get more electricity into your building by just installing more power outlets or power strips…

]]> By: K.G. Schneiderhttp://dltj.org/article/laptop-vs-desktop/comment-page-1/#comment-23106 K.G. Schneider Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:22:31 +0000 http://dltj.org/2007/09/laptop-vs-desktop/#comment-23106 Oy, how I love teh interweb. I am working on a report that will slobber up this data forthwith. I predicted this in January (and was pooh-poohed by some), based on a report in the Chron that at one university 90 percent of its freshmen had arrived w/laptops (this was fall 2006).It has huge implications for support; wifi aside, most libraries don't have the *wiring* to support the electrical needs of the nomadic student researcher (who will then get on a flight home at the holidays and experience the same thing in airports... welcome to adulthood: the land of limited 'lectricity!). Also libraries that focus services around "library computers" better think again. The library computer may soon become the machine of last resort.Good post, Jester. Oy, how I love teh interweb. I am working on a report that will slobber up this data forthwith. I predicted this in January (and was pooh-poohed by some), based on a report in the Chron that at one university 90 percent of its freshmen had arrived w/laptops (this was fall 2006).

It has huge implications for support; wifi aside, most libraries don’t have the *wiring* to support the electrical needs of the nomadic student researcher (who will then get on a flight home at the holidays and experience the same thing in airports… welcome to adulthood: the land of limited ‘lectricity!). Also libraries that focus services around “library computers” better think again. The library computer may soon become the machine of last resort.

Good post, Jester.

]]> By: College Students Prefer Mobile Computers « Professors R-Squaredhttp://dltj.org/article/laptop-vs-desktop/comment-page-1/#comment-23101 College Students Prefer Mobile Computers « Professors R-Squared Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:29:25 +0000 http://dltj.org/2007/09/laptop-vs-desktop/#comment-23101 [...] echoes data gathered from undergraduate classes at Miami University and the University of Dayton for an e-textbook study currently [...] [...] echoes data gathered from undergraduate classes at Miami University and the University of Dayton for an e-textbook study currently [...]

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