Friday, November 6, 2009

Should there be a limit to Laptop Requirements?


Harry Han

Laptop has been a great use to the students of higher education. However sometimes it is questionable whether the quality of its graphic cards and CPU’s are necessary for educational needs. Thus there are no doubts that students bring their own laptops not for their educational needs but more of their entertainment in higher education.

Most seniors of high school, as they move onto the level of higher education, purchase laptops that meet the standard of college requirements. However, some decide to purchase high-tech gizmos of the most recent gadgets of current time, such as Alienware and Asus-Republic of Gamers. With rapidly running processors and graphic cards, these laptops may seem like a necessity for the higher education but they are rather a reverse effect in higher education. That is, students who tend to have laptops of high quality tend to fall into entertainments rather than study much harder. According to the article “Laptops for College – the Best aren’t Necessarily the Most Expensive Ones,” by Lillian Wills, “the best laptops for college might just be an inexpensive laptop with just the features that a college kid needs.” It is clearly unnecessary that a freshman student needs a high-tech i7 processors with its graphic card GE force 260M for his essay in his English class.

Higher education should be where students dedicate themselves to education and academics. Laptops are tools for students to reach their goals through higher education but sometimes they become tools of mere entertainments. Limits to laptop requirements are not really necessary, however the best suggestion is that keeping laptop level to its necessary needs would lead students to their success.


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