Yes since the blog is rather dead I've decided to come and help save the day!
There have been super alot of questions about camps and laptops. Its really been rather long ago since i attended camp but i'll try my best to help.
1. Do try to attend the orientation camp as it is going to be somehow of like a bond you're gonna make with people ur most likely gonna stick with for 3 years. You never know what good friends you might make which will help with projects and stuff. haha Oh and thats where you learn the basic things around Tp, like your student id and password and stuff. You'll know when you go =)
2. Regarding laptops for this course, yes this course is rather graphic intensive, so it would be best to go for a higher end laptop, with graphics by Nvidia. Why Nvidia? Cos it can support most games very well. heehee.
A higher end laptop to ME would mean
- Intel Core 2 Duo (and above if have)
- 2GB Ram Minimum
- Nvidia Geforce (preferbly 8000 and above, minumun 256 mb)
- A nice to type keyboard. (Trust me. You'll need this for ******* programming)
- Windows Vista ( I have heard rumors saying Windows 7 is much much much better than Vista, but since no one is using it lets play safe. ) (( Thank God im still using Xp. whahahha!))
And of course lets not forget about the weight, since you'll be carrying it to school rather often.
Battery life too. Make sure you get a good one and dont destroy your battery life until its left with like 5 mins at 100% full battery. =.=
Notice im not talking abouts Macs cos
1) Im anti Mac
2) I know nuts about Macs, aside from them being white and have irritating functions.
3) I lazy to type somemore. I wanna bathe.
For Mac users: Dont worry. Mac CAN be used, but you gotta have the Mac version of the softwares that you are gonna use.
One word of advice. DON'T get a Mac and install Windows in it. Thats just plain dumb, and its spoiling the Mac. You want Windows get Pc, dont want Pc get Mac.
With all these said I hope it helps and i really hope to see you guys in school.
Be a man, do the right thing..
-Russel Peters
To your granny: Nice timing on the last post sia. 4.44 am. hahahaha
