I'm in life science and I heard that for the science courses there are lots of notes to print off
how important would it be to have your own printer in your room, can you live without it or do you strongly suggest getting one.
and also let say I wanted to bring my laptop to the lectures can't I look at those notes on my computer during lecture?
and last do you recommend bringing a laptop to lecture or a pencil and a paper
sorry for asking so much and thanks for answering!

print out the notes, you need to write stuff down so you'll remember come exam time. It may seem obvious what the notes mean right after the lecture, but they don't make alot of sense come december if you didn't write anything on them....

You can also bring your laptop to class and write notes on top of the lecture notes using a pdf application like foxit or nitro.

Originally Posted by cjdzl

I'm in life science and I heard that for the science courses there are lots of notes to print off
how important would it be to have your own printer in your room, can you live without it or do you strongly suggest getting one.
and also let say I wanted to bring my laptop to the lectures can't I look at those notes on my computer during lecture?
and last do you recommend bringing a laptop to lecture or a pencil and a paper
sorry for asking so much and thanks for answering!

It depends on your preference. I very much prefer physically writing things all over my notes--circling and arrows and little annotations all over the slides--so I print my notes. Thus, a printer is pretty necessary. Also, depending on your battery life, having a laptop can be very inconvenient...like, it would probably last one lecture, but if you have several in a row that could be a problem depending on battery life and the location of plugs within the lecture hall (there usually aren't that many).

I know some people who don't use the prof's notes at all--they just go to class with lined paper and a pen and write everything down themselves.

Since I print off all of my notes, it would be possible for me to survive without a printer, but it's ultimately cheaper and more convenient for me to have one.

Thanks for the replies! and I decided to get the laser printer from macmicro
would the supplies last until move in day or would I have to preorder it?
and also macmicro is located in Titles right?

Originally Posted by cjdzl

Thanks for the replies! and I decided to get the laser printer from macmicro
would the supplies last until move in day or would I have to preorder it?
and also macmicro is located in Titles right?

Yes, MacMicro is located in Titles. I can't answer your first question, but you can call them right now. Just call McMaster, 0 and ask for MacMicro.

If macmicro doesn't have stock, there's also a Canada Computers about a 10 minute bus ride from campus. Its located at Dundurn Plaza, just across the 403, and its pretty much the most serviced route in Hamilton, so you won't have to wait long for a bus. CC generally has better prices than MacMicro and should have plenty of stock for back to school. You can also check the Canada Computers stock online before you go.

http://www.canadacomputers.c om/loc...jgik6p67s 3#3

When bringing a printer into res, do people typically share it with their roommates? I don't want there to be two printers cluttering up the room, but it'd be kind of cheap of me to ask him to split the ink money.

Originally Posted by Angoose

When bringing a printer into res, do people typically share it with their roommates? I don't want there to be two printers cluttering up the room, but it'd be kind of cheap of me to ask him to split the ink money.

No, it's better to have your own printer. You can put printers on the floor beside your feet if you don't want to take up desk space.

Originally Posted by jhan523

No, it's better to have your own printer. You can put printers on the floor beside your feet if you don't want to take up desk space.

Yeah, I guess that is true . Guess I have to buy my own fridge now. I doubt my roommate would share that if I didn't share my printer :S. His mom's packing his food for him for the week I think.

Originally Posted by Angoose

Yeah, I guess that is true . Guess I have to buy my own fridge now. I doubt my roommate would share that if I didn't share my printer :S. His mom's packing his food for him for the week I think.

You could always barter. Let him use your printer if he lets you use his fridge. You might want him to supply his own paper though, but that's up to you.

For my room, I let my roommate use the fridge and he's the one that bought the fan.

Originally Posted by jhan523

You could always barter. Let him use your printer if he lets you use his fridge. You might want him to supply his own paper though, but that's up to you.

For my room, I let my roommate use the fridge and he's the one that bought the fan.

True. I wouldn't normally mind sharing, but my printer isn't a laser printer and you know how expensive ink is :S. Ya, I am a little stingy.

Originally Posted by Angoose

True. I wouldn't normally mind sharing, but my printer isn't a laser printer and you know how expensive ink is :S. Ya, I am a little stingy.

I'm pretty sure you won't need more than 1 extra cartridge and I don't think that even offsets the price of a fridge.

Originally Posted by jhan523

I'm pretty sure you won't need more than 1 extra cartridge and I don't think that even offsets the price of a fridge.

Guess I'll just have to see if there's any space left in the fridge afterwards. His parents are packing his food for the entire week, which is kind of hilarious since he has a mealplan.

Yeah, it's kind of hard to foresee how trading fridge usage for printer usage would work. Like, it would suck if you guys ran out of ink and one/both of you really needed it...and would your roommate be limited to what he can print? What about fridge space? Do you split it evenly or does he get dibs on all the space and you get what is left over?

If you're going to share, you should work these things out ahead of time