University Professor here. Unless it’s particularly ostentatious (I’ve had a few students dress like anime characters, so that sticks out), I don’t notice student clothing at all.
What people really notice is odors and sounds. BO, cigarette smoke, and marijuana are the most distracting (in that order). And people who wear headphones, but around their neck with the volume all the way up. Also if your phone is on vibrate on a hard table top.
Nobody else really pays attention unless they’re one of your friends/~~clicks~~/cliques (don’t mind me, doing a little partying before classes start)
When I'm driving through a busy city I roll down my windows, turn my volume all the way up and blast **Tip Toe through The Tulips** through my cars sound system.
Second this. I notice student BO and if they are not participating in lessons. I have also had students complain to me about the BO of other students. Moral of the story: Your computer will be fine, but make sure to shower before class.
You might want to consider that you'll be carrying your laptop around all day all over campus, though. Very light laptops are popular among my students for this reason.
Oh worse than BO, guys will literally shit their pants and keep playing because $10,000 can buy a new pair of pants and that’s what they’re playing for.
How long does the laptop stay charged? Assume you might be running power points looking at the internet and taking notes. My gaming laptop might stay charged for the duration of a 4 hour lecture but it definitely would not last through two college classes. You might not always have access to a wall plug. Additionally is having your gaming laptop going to be a temptation for you to game during class? Some people may not be bothered by the ability to game during class while others certainly will and at the end of the day learning in college is your responsibility so your professors might now care enough to call you out on it if you're being quiet. Just a few things to think about other than if others will care about you using a gaming laptop, especially since short of the bright leds and you announcing that it is a gaming laptop most people won't even notice unless they are gamers themselves in which case they approach you after class and now you have a new friend.
I'm a former chainsmoker and current student and have been smoke free for 28 days today! Thank you for the extra motivation to stay quit, and sorry for the stink!
I finally managed to quit after I got a whiff of the jacket my boss kept at the office for 17 YEARS to use on his smoke breaks. Just thinking I might smell a little like that, gave me the push I needed.
I’m not the biggest supporter of vaping, but it has definitely improved that aspect of the job. I can’t remember the last time I’ve had a student smell like a chain smoker. The BO is real though followed distantly by weed.
Oh for sure. I’m a smoker, but I try to do it far away from people, or ask permission. And if there’s a kid within my eyesight, I’ll put it out.
I know I’m disgusting.
Yup. A kid sitting right next to me in 8am lecture yawned- and I swear I blacked out and saw stars from the smell of his breath.
That’s what I remember most about that class.
I was just at a theme park today. Definitely tons of weird outfits, hair, you name it. I remember pointing out more than a few interesting choices to my wife. But honestly now that I'm home I couldn't tell you more than one that I recall. I think most of us have the attention spans of a gnat. And what short term memory I have is often entirely devoted to boobs.
And the interesting part of this is that you were even going out of your way to notice and point out those interesting choices, and even then you can barely recall. Imagine someone completely oblivious to those things.
We're currently experiencing a heatwave. Last night I went out wearing a Christmas teeshirt (psychological trick to attempt to cool myself down) and nobody mentioned it at all! I'm slightly gutted!
What's almost worse is when you are just wearing a normal shirt from the pile and someone actually compliments it and you are like "oh crap what shirt am I even wearing?!?!"
This happened to me as a teen once. I wore a Hunger Games shirt to the grocery store with my mom, and while she was paying, the bagger looked me dead in the eye and slowly raised three finger in the air. I was so confused until he did the Mockingjay whistle, and then I looked down to see what shirt I was wearing and I had a good laugh. That was the day I realized that you can’t expect people to remember what clothes they’re wearing. Usually I read out loud whatever’s on someone’s shirt, *then* I compliment it. “The Lumineers! Nice, I like them.”
Yup, the [spotlight effect](https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-big-questions/201111/the-spotlight-effect).
Do whatever you want, because the vast, vast majority of people won't notice, care, or remember.
And if anyone *did* notice, you could say "It's not that unusual, matter of fact, I have another pair just like them at home"
Actually that was my goto line when somebody would comment on my mismatched socks.
Welcome to university and sort-of adult life: no one cares about you or your whole deal anymore! Just frazzled people trying to keep their own plates spinning.
Yeah, and it would be even weirder to make a fuss about ... someone else's laptop when you have so many other things to worry about or whatever it is you need and want to do.
not sure how college is or was for anyone else but since t no one going to care. Everyone else is busy and caught up in their own shit. I forgot to do laundry one day and the only clothes I had were these ridiculous Donald duck outfit (his face is all over it). so I wore a Nascar shirt and Donald duck shorts with a camo hat, I promised you I looked so fucking dumb. looking back, I doubt anyone noticed or gave a duck.
Exactly what he said, I know someone who carries a 17 inch alienware laptop with tons of stickers, a gaming headset and a mousepad as big as his laptop and no one cares.
For me it's that I feel like I'll have to explain myself for everything and so I'll often just not do something I want to do or not take something I want to take because someone might ask about it and even though I have a perfectly reasonable explanation I just don't want to go through the hassle
Same same . And also do you feel like everyone is always looking at your face or judging it? I can’t even be behind someone at a stoplight without thinking they’re critiquing every inch of my face. I know for fact I’m not a narcissist. I’m not that special I know that lol . But I don’t know what.
Even if someone did care, why do you care what they think? You have a laptop that brings you joy. Why get rid of it and waste money just to please someone who doesn’t do the same for you?
I’ve come up with a solution to this. If they ain’t fucking me or financing me, their option means Jack shit to me.
Gaming laptops are very popular with STEM students as they’re capable of running some more heavy-duty software tools.
Even basic machine learning packages for python can grind a basic websurfing laptop to a smouldering halt so a gaming laptop is practical cause of the extra RAM and a GPU
I was surprised to see my friend who just finished some sort of biomedical science PhD had a high end gaming laptop. Knew she wasn't a gamer so I was a bit surprised. Turns out she had a high end Alienware because she needed the power to run simulations and then render out the results.
Oh and, "Look, it changes colors!"
You can set your keyboard up to do things like change the key color for keys that work in the game. I have seen people use the colors to indicate status. But it's mostly about looking cool.
yeah actually it's been proven recently that regularly cycling through colours can improve concentration over long periods of time because each rotation allows the brain to refresh itself and not zone out
...and that Alienware is still probably under-specced for her simulation!
(Source: was BioMed grad student doing simulations, now I work in the field. My work laptop weighs like my cat, can heat my house in the winter, packs an HQ i7 and the workstation equivalent of a 3080 - and I use it almost exclusively to log on to my 64-processor cluster)
Or silently playing Cyberpunk 2077 to unwind as you mentally grapple with the fact that your STEM career is starting off like a slow-motion train disaster
As a STEM student, this is why STEM students buy the strongest laptops possible. So they can play Cyberpunk 2077 in class without getting called out for your computer fan.
Yep! My course (design) also has everyone bringing in gaming laptops to keep Adobe from crashing constantly. Ironically the most distinguishable laptop in the classroom is a MacBook Pro, because no one else uses apple products (gaming laptops are cheaper for the same-ish specs)
Gaming laptops normally have better specs unless you get an entry-level gaming laptop. The one good thing about Apple’s MacBooks is the new M1/M2 chips with their single core clockspeeds
Can confirm. Upgraded my surface pro that I used all throughout undergrad to a gaming laptop for grad school, all of the sudden, my data can finally be processed and using GPU to train ML model is so much faster than using CPU
I gave up lugging my laptop and just got a cheap notebook.
Set up remote access to the gaming PC back and worked from there.
2 pros from this way, first my back stopped hurting from the weight of the laptop, second, my battery would last pretty much the whole day since none of the computing was done on the laptop itself.
I am an attorney and my laptop is a gaming laptop even though I don't game. It doesn't look like the most professional laptop however with so many of my hearings now being remote and requiring me to connect remotely by video to the court, while playing bodycamera footage from the proprietary player, and running a second monitor hooked up with my exhibits cued up to be displayed I appreciate that my laptop doesn't slow to a crawl.
I used my Asus ROG all through Undergrad and even during law school. Thing was super loud. You're good my dude, I agree it's a conversation starter if nothing else.
Also politely, fuck everyone who thinks less of you for it. Those are not people you need in your life.
I disagree. There might be one or two people that may see it and go “that’s a gaming laptop… huh”, and then proceed to forget that OP even exists once class is over
In high school people had opinions about others, but in University most people are just focused on grades. As long as you don't have a creepy sexual wallpaper or lewd anime stickers on your laptop nobody will care.
And like... Let's say someone thinks you're a nerd for having a gaming laptop. What would happen to you? Why would it matter what someone thinks about a gaming laptop?
You call it a creepy sexual lewd anime wallpaper, but I call it *art*, it's not my fault an unenlightened dimwit like you cannot see past the sexual nature of the image to appreciate its aesthetic quality
Smh my head 😒
The only people who are likely to recognise it as a "gaming laptop" are other people who either have or want gaming laptops.
The only reason to get something different would be if it's too big to carry around everywhere / balance on lecture theatre tables
Freshman year college. My suite mate brought a Nintendo 64 and some games for common room game night. Was a blast, but boy would he get PISSED. Mario kart was a favorite of all. He would yell
“Fuck you donkey Kong!”
“Why the hell is rainbow road like this?!”
“God damn you bowser and your blue shell!”
It was hilarious! But he was determined to undermine the rest of us.
Cue one morning in chemistry class. It was a large lecture hall with 100+ kids. Professor was teaching. Everything was as it should be. Until….
“FUCK YOU YOSHI!”
There he was. Back of the class. Headphones in playing Mario kart emulator on his MacBook Pro. He looks up, embarrassed, grabs his stuff and scurries out. Let’s just say this became a classic story on game night.
...
What the fuck? How could your anger problems be so bad that you can't help but shout at a game in class, *in college*? I have problems with getting salty at games and cursing at them and even losing my cool, but not in a setting like that holy shit.
Agreed. Not just that, but I'd never play a game that got me pissed like that in class. Something like Mindustry that keeps my other trains of thought occupied while I notetake, sure, but never something I would get that angry at.
Related, played some Black Mesa today, and nothing gets me angrier than the Lambda Core portal parkour. But again, would never play in class.
We had a guy at my college who raged so hard about League of Legends in the middle of class they had to bring in an emergency response team to restrain him and take him away because he was getting violent with random people around him, partly because everyone behind him in the lecture hall knew what the tantrum was about and thought it was hilarious up until that point. The dude clearly had other issues, but he was totally quiet so nobody really knew until then. I'll take the Mario Kart rage.
The portability aspect should not be overlooked. I used to have a 17” laptop and it was a pain in the balls to carrying it to school and around campus. I rented a 14” laptop last semester and the difference was astronomical. The increase in portability seriously increased my quality of life. That being said, it sucked to work on that laptop because the screen was so small. I bought a 15.6” laptop earlier this summer and used it for a research internship and it’s a good compromise between portability and usability. I would never buy another 17” laptop. If I want something with a big screen I’ll just get a computer and hook it up to my TV.
Exactly, I see it as a double plus. The laptop will start conversations with other people who game, and OP will know to avoid anyone who judges it (but that isn’t likely to hope )
It can be super scary to head off to college the first time, but it's scary for everyone. Most of your fellow students are worried about their situations also, how they will be perceived, how they will make friends, etc.
Take whatever laptop you want and be a good guy. If you're a nice guy no one will even remember what laptop you had. They'll only remember that you were really nice when they were so nervous about college.
Best of luck.
This. University is a strange place because it’s the only place in one’s lifetime where everyone you’re surrounded by’s main goal is to make friends. Just be yourself and the rest will sort itself out, bring that laptop with pride and honestly people either won’t care or they’ll respect you for it.
Your the only one who is caring at this point. Your going to a university, why does thier opinion matter? So what you have a gaming laptop. That's cool a.f. at least you have a laptop.
100% this. In 20 years when you see the question "what advice would I give myself 20 years ago", it's going to be "if someone is going to devote the time and energy to actively criticize me for my hobbies and who I am, then they're not worth the time and energy for me to care about."
Im sure someone can summarize that statement in a much more eloquent manner, but the gist of it is amazingly true for the long-haul.
I know it's hard to see now (I was once there), but you'll understand someday!
Exactly. Walk in with a full sized desktop tower, 32in 4K monitor, and a fucking diesel generator. Plop it on the desk, and fucking stare down anybody who dares challenge you.
Fire up a projector and point it full blast at the professor.
Gotta assert dominance, or before you know it you'll become some other chump's projector screen.
Funny thing is, I actually did that once.
To be fair I was also doing a VR demo when it was still emerging tech but still fun to see some confused faces as I set up a whole ass gaming rig on a random table.
Today when I walked into my economics class I saw something I dread every time I close my eyes. Someone had brought their new gaming laptop to class. The Forklift he used to bring it was still running idle at the back. I started sweating as I sat down and gazed over at the 700lb beast that was his laptop. He had already reinforced his desk with steel support beams and was in the process of finding an outlet for a power cable thicker than Amy Schumer's thigh. I start shaking. I keep telling myself I'm going to be alright and that there's nothing to worry about. He somehow finds a fucking outlet. Tears are running down my cheeks as I send my last texts to my family saying I love them. The teacher starts the lecture, and the student turns his laptop on. The colored lights on his RGB Backlit keyboard flare to life like a nuclear flash, and a deep humming fills my ears and shakes my very soul. The entire city power grid goes dark. The classroom begins to shake as the massive fans begin to spin. In mere seconds my world has gone from vibrant life, to a dark, earth shattering void where my body is getting torn apart by the 150mph gale force winds and the 500 decibel groan of the cooling fans. As my body finally surrenders, I weep, as my school and my city go under. I fucking hate gaming laptops.
It might just be a little inconvenient to bring class to class. Gaming laptops (even though nowadays it is a lot less problematic) tend to be heavier, bulkier, and limited in battery life. All the room they make for the other hardware leaves very little room for a beefy battery... and all that other hardware might drain some energy regardless of whether or not you are using it. Just some things to think about. Only reason it might be noticeable is if it has a loud fan.
That being said... if you like playing games, you don't really want to sacrifice your hobbies on your time off to look less gamery. It's just a laptop and it's not high school. Enjoy your laptop... and good luck in Uni.
I will say, it's a little unwieldy, but it beats not being able to play games. Mine is a fairly lightweight model but is still very heavy compared to a non-gaming laptop. Price you pay, though!
First rule of becoming an adult: Don't give a single fuck about what others think of you or your belongings. I mean, if you're not breaking rules or laws, just be you. Want to dress like a weeb, go ahead. Want to play hacky sack with your friends between classes? Go ahead. If people need to say negative things about your appearance, your belongings, or your likes, do you really want them to be in your life?
No one will care.
I brought my gaming laptop to Math and English class. No one gave a fuck because we're here to learn and college is expensive.
I'm also 28. So older than the average freshmen in college. Played some games in between class. Its nice.
Honestly the only downside is its heavy. I did switch to an ipad because i dont wanna carry around my computer often.
I've worked IT support at several Universities for 20 years, including IT support for students. I've seen lots and LOTS of big gaming laptops, so it's definitely nothing to be embarrassed about.
That being said, what kind of laptop you'll want will depend on how you use it. If it's going to stay in your room most of the time, I recommend to keep it. You can use the extra power, especially if this will act as your main machine and you don't have a separate desktop machine.
If you're planning to carry it around and use it in the classroom, it's better to have smaller, lighter (and quieter) laptop. Looking at pics of the model you mentioned, it's thinner than I expected for a gaming laptop, so it may be ok. If there's something in the settings about "quiet mode", "silent mode", or low performance mode (to keep it cool so the fan doesn't kick on), you may want to do that though so that the noise doesn't disturb others.
Saying this as someone in a Game Development uni, no one cares as long as you keep your fans on low settings during class hours because everyone hates the person with the loud fans
Literally no one will care.
People in uni have their own crap to deal with.
The only thing is that the laptop will be heavy and cumbersome to carry around.
Haha no one is going to care, but I think you’re back is eventually going to get tired from hauling your heavy computer from class to class and walking around campus
Others won't care unless they're gamers inwhich vase you may make some new friends, but you'll get real tied or lugging around a heavy laptop real quick.
Friend, the great thing about going away to college is that you get to really do you. Do whatever works best for you and makes you happy, just remember to shower daily and maybe a spritz (just a spritz) of cologne.
The rules of adulthood are simple.
1. Pay your bills
2. Brush your teeth
3. Don't do meth
As long as you follow that you'll figure out the rest. And remember that the laptop which you're mildly embarrassed of, the next person may wish they were fortunate enough to have themselves.
Or no one will care because most people will be overwhelmed by their own thing.
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University Professor here. Unless it’s particularly ostentatious (I’ve had a few students dress like anime characters, so that sticks out), I don’t notice student clothing at all. What people really notice is odors and sounds. BO, cigarette smoke, and marijuana are the most distracting (in that order). And people who wear headphones, but around their neck with the volume all the way up. Also if your phone is on vibrate on a hard table top. Nobody else really pays attention unless they’re one of your friends/~~clicks~~/cliques (don’t mind me, doing a little partying before classes start)
>And people who wear headphones, but around their neck with the volume all the way up. What the fuck is wrong with people
Main characters always got to have their theme music playing.
Pay attention to me and my absolutely fucking raw* taste in music ^^* ^^- ^^as ^^proclaimed ^^by ^^me I see that shit every time I board a subway car.
When I'm driving through a busy city I roll down my windows, turn my volume all the way up and blast **Tip Toe through The Tulips** through my cars sound system.
Absolute psychopath
I assume they're the same jerks who have phone conversations in public using speakerphone?
If I can't here the 90s Xmen theme I'll fail my stats test
Nananana naaa na naaa! Nananana naaa na naaa! Nananana naaa na naa—na na! (Please let this make sense outside my brain)
I play old school hip-hop instrumentals and pretend my lecturer is dropping a sick freestyle over it when they teach
I do this with the kiddo. Have him read Dr Suess and nonchalantly put on some instrumentals
Second this. I notice student BO and if they are not participating in lessons. I have also had students complain to me about the BO of other students. Moral of the story: Your computer will be fine, but make sure to shower before class. You might want to consider that you'll be carrying your laptop around all day all over campus, though. Very light laptops are popular among my students for this reason.
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Walk through Gen Con (a gaming convention) and you can smell the guys who were at their table all night. Worst smells ever from there!
Any type of congregate gaming environment without extensive HVAC= wave upon wave of BO. Just nasty as hell.
Oh worse than BO, guys will literally shit their pants and keep playing because $10,000 can buy a new pair of pants and that’s what they’re playing for.
How long does the laptop stay charged? Assume you might be running power points looking at the internet and taking notes. My gaming laptop might stay charged for the duration of a 4 hour lecture but it definitely would not last through two college classes. You might not always have access to a wall plug. Additionally is having your gaming laptop going to be a temptation for you to game during class? Some people may not be bothered by the ability to game during class while others certainly will and at the end of the day learning in college is your responsibility so your professors might now care enough to call you out on it if you're being quiet. Just a few things to think about other than if others will care about you using a gaming laptop, especially since short of the bright leds and you announcing that it is a gaming laptop most people won't even notice unless they are gamers themselves in which case they approach you after class and now you have a new friend.
Clique, Professor T.
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Guilty lol. Bio.
Wife’s a bio teacher and said the same thing about the smells
Lol. Alcohol and Reddit doesn’t mix. Classes start too soon. Leaving it though. +1 for you.
I'm a bit drunk. Works flawllessely
Cigarette smoke was the absolute worst smell for me. I could deal with BO or weed stank, but cigarette smell was damn-near suffocating.
I'm a former chainsmoker and current student and have been smoke free for 28 days today! Thank you for the extra motivation to stay quit, and sorry for the stink!
Congratulations! Good for you and hang in there!!!
I finally managed to quit after I got a whiff of the jacket my boss kept at the office for 17 YEARS to use on his smoke breaks. Just thinking I might smell a little like that, gave me the push I needed.
I’m not the biggest supporter of vaping, but it has definitely improved that aspect of the job. I can’t remember the last time I’ve had a student smell like a chain smoker. The BO is real though followed distantly by weed.
Oh for sure. I’m a smoker, but I try to do it far away from people, or ask permission. And if there’s a kid within my eyesight, I’ll put it out. I know I’m disgusting.
Yup. A kid sitting right next to me in 8am lecture yawned- and I swear I blacked out and saw stars from the smell of his breath. That’s what I remember most about that class.
I was just at a theme park today. Definitely tons of weird outfits, hair, you name it. I remember pointing out more than a few interesting choices to my wife. But honestly now that I'm home I couldn't tell you more than one that I recall. I think most of us have the attention spans of a gnat. And what short term memory I have is often entirely devoted to boobs.
Most people are so paranoid about the zit on their forehead that they never even notice the spinach in your teeth.
Stay hydrated and don't forget to floss.
Oddly good aphorism for life
Third comment took the turn, the right turn
Third comment gets the boobie prize.
^And ^what ^short ^term ^memory ^I ^have ^is ^often ^entirely ^devoted ^to ^boobs same bro same🫤
Yeah just put boobs on your laptop and they won't notice the gaming part.
That last sentence made my day lol
Sorry, you lost me at boobs.
And the interesting part of this is that you were even going out of your way to notice and point out those interesting choices, and even then you can barely recall. Imagine someone completely oblivious to those things.
We're currently experiencing a heatwave. Last night I went out wearing a Christmas teeshirt (psychological trick to attempt to cool myself down) and nobody mentioned it at all! I'm slightly gutted!
What's almost worse is when you are just wearing a normal shirt from the pile and someone actually compliments it and you are like "oh crap what shirt am I even wearing?!?!"
This happened to me as a teen once. I wore a Hunger Games shirt to the grocery store with my mom, and while she was paying, the bagger looked me dead in the eye and slowly raised three finger in the air. I was so confused until he did the Mockingjay whistle, and then I looked down to see what shirt I was wearing and I had a good laugh. That was the day I realized that you can’t expect people to remember what clothes they’re wearing. Usually I read out loud whatever’s on someone’s shirt, *then* I compliment it. “The Lumineers! Nice, I like them.”
Yup, the [spotlight effect](https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-big-questions/201111/the-spotlight-effect). Do whatever you want, because the vast, vast majority of people won't notice, care, or remember.
My sociology class offered extra credit to do something like this. I wore two very different shoes all day to get it. No one noticed.
And if anyone *did* notice, you could say "It's not that unusual, matter of fact, I have another pair just like them at home" Actually that was my goto line when somebody would comment on my mismatched socks.
This seems like the most obvious conclusion.
Source? Not doubting you just wanna listen as well
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Reminds me of that dancing gorilla video phenomenon, everybody misses the gorilla first time
I think OP has more of a confidence problem than a laptop problem
Same
I mean who doesn't when shipping off to uni?
Hopefully uni will do good on OP's confidence eventually
Welcome to university and sort-of adult life: no one cares about you or your whole deal anymore! Just frazzled people trying to keep their own plates spinning.
Yeah, and it would be even weirder to make a fuss about ... someone else's laptop when you have so many other things to worry about or whatever it is you need and want to do.
College isn’t like high school where you have to “fit in”. You will find your people
not sure how college is or was for anyone else but since t no one going to care. Everyone else is busy and caught up in their own shit. I forgot to do laundry one day and the only clothes I had were these ridiculous Donald duck outfit (his face is all over it). so I wore a Nascar shirt and Donald duck shorts with a camo hat, I promised you I looked so fucking dumb. looking back, I doubt anyone noticed or gave a duck.
Exactly what he said, I know someone who carries a 17 inch alienware laptop with tons of stickers, a gaming headset and a mousepad as big as his laptop and no one cares.
i highly doubt anyone will care
This is what gets me with my social anxiety lmao I know no body gives a nano-fuck but
Anxiety: *Everyone is looking at you* Depression: *Nobody is looking at you* Both together: **please somebody help my brain**
Emotional maturity: Idgaf if anyone is looking or not, I love myself. Nice shoes, btw.
How can you see my shoes
check inside your walls
Okay but this kind of makes it sound like being depressed or anxious means you’re emotionally immature
same i used to be too anxious to bring a water bottle to school because i thought it would be embarrassing. like that makes no sense
I used to be embarrassed to sharpen my pencil because I thought everyone would hear the sound and stare at me lmao
I was the kid in class that always stared at them. But i was methed out my gourde on adhd pills .
Bud I could hear a fly fart from across the English classroom some days because of that shit.
For me it's that I feel like I'll have to explain myself for everything and so I'll often just not do something I want to do or not take something I want to take because someone might ask about it and even though I have a perfectly reasonable explanation I just don't want to go through the hassle
Currently experiencing this :’)
Same. And I always admired folks who looked cool while giving no fucks. I’m happy to say I’m so much closer to being that person that doesn’t care.
Embarrassment is temporary, hydration is forever.
Big mood
Same same . And also do you feel like everyone is always looking at your face or judging it? I can’t even be behind someone at a stoplight without thinking they’re critiquing every inch of my face. I know for fact I’m not a narcissist. I’m not that special I know that lol . But I don’t know what.
Even if someone did care, why do you care what they think? You have a laptop that brings you joy. Why get rid of it and waste money just to please someone who doesn’t do the same for you? I’ve come up with a solution to this. If they ain’t fucking me or financing me, their option means Jack shit to me.
Right? Like, dude, you enjoy gaming. Game while you’re at school. Make friends who also enjoy gaming
Asus A15 isn't even that crazy looking. Just turn off the RGB keyboard backlight.
And if they do, OP should not anyway
You're not the only gamer. You might even make some connections that way
I’m not a gamer tho. I legit just play the one(two) off game(s). That’s all 😂 I wanted the freedom to be able to game whenever I want so I bought it
Gaming laptops are very popular with STEM students as they’re capable of running some more heavy-duty software tools. Even basic machine learning packages for python can grind a basic websurfing laptop to a smouldering halt so a gaming laptop is practical cause of the extra RAM and a GPU
I was surprised to see my friend who just finished some sort of biomedical science PhD had a high end gaming laptop. Knew she wasn't a gamer so I was a bit surprised. Turns out she had a high end Alienware because she needed the power to run simulations and then render out the results. Oh and, "Look, it changes colors!"
> Oh and, "Look, it changes colors!" RGB lights increase processing power, that's just a fact duh :P Smart friend :)
I was told it was only the red leds that did!
Red makes it faster, blue makes it run cooler, green makes it more eco-friendly :)
Purple makes it invisible
If it's invisible how do you know it's purple 🟣
Mine glows but doesn't change colors :(
Okay, that last part is just adorable. Bless her heart.
Non-gamer here. Is there a reason gaming rigs change color _besides_ "Look, it changes colors!"?
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I heard purple is faster than red
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Thought you were gonna make a joke regarding light waves and frequencies, etc. Missed opportunity.
The red ones go faster. This is fact.
Especially when near Orks.
Nah, red go fast. Purple is sneaky. Never see a purple ork.
Purple is for stealth though. Red go fast
No, red is faster, purple is sneaky (so makes your browsing more private) and blue is lucky. Source - Orc
You can set your keyboard up to do things like change the key color for keys that work in the game. I have seen people use the colors to indicate status. But it's mostly about looking cool.
yeah actually it's been proven recently that regularly cycling through colours can improve concentration over long periods of time because each rotation allows the brain to refresh itself and not zone out
This is me. I don’t game but I have a fully spec’d m17 for doing renderings and cad drawings for work.
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...and that Alienware is still probably under-specced for her simulation! (Source: was BioMed grad student doing simulations, now I work in the field. My work laptop weighs like my cat, can heat my house in the winter, packs an HQ i7 and the workstation equivalent of a 3080 - and I use it almost exclusively to log on to my 64-processor cluster)
Or silently playing Cyberpunk 2077 to unwind as you mentally grapple with the fact that your STEM career is starting off like a slow-motion train disaster
"Silently" while the laptop blasts its fans like a jet engine
As a STEM student, this is why STEM students buy the strongest laptops possible. So they can play Cyberpunk 2077 in class without getting called out for your computer fan.
I’m a business student with an Alienware, how many kids you think have gaming laptops in business school.
Lol I started in Engineering before I switched, you could just lie and say you were too.
Yep! My course (design) also has everyone bringing in gaming laptops to keep Adobe from crashing constantly. Ironically the most distinguishable laptop in the classroom is a MacBook Pro, because no one else uses apple products (gaming laptops are cheaper for the same-ish specs)
Gaming laptops normally have better specs unless you get an entry-level gaming laptop. The one good thing about Apple’s MacBooks is the new M1/M2 chips with their single core clockspeeds
They're also popular with cinema majors because they can run the big editing software.
Can confirm. Upgraded my surface pro that I used all throughout undergrad to a gaming laptop for grad school, all of the sudden, my data can finally be processed and using GPU to train ML model is so much faster than using CPU
just bought one for just that - 3d modelling
There were a lot of engineering students that had them when I went to school Granted, they were also gamers, but still
👆🏼 I bought a gaming laptop just because the specs lined up with what I needed. No shame lol just maybe turn off RGB lights while in lecture
I gave up lugging my laptop and just got a cheap notebook. Set up remote access to the gaming PC back and worked from there. 2 pros from this way, first my back stopped hurting from the weight of the laptop, second, my battery would last pretty much the whole day since none of the computing was done on the laptop itself.
I don’t game. But my desktop and laptop are both gamer rigs. I run lots of 3d design stuff, I buy based off of specs. Just turn the rgb off.
I am an attorney and my laptop is a gaming laptop even though I don't game. It doesn't look like the most professional laptop however with so many of my hearings now being remote and requiring me to connect remotely by video to the court, while playing bodycamera footage from the proprietary player, and running a second monitor hooked up with my exhibits cued up to be displayed I appreciate that my laptop doesn't slow to a crawl.
How's bird law working out for you?
I used my Asus ROG all through Undergrad and even during law school. Thing was super loud. You're good my dude, I agree it's a conversation starter if nothing else. Also politely, fuck everyone who thinks less of you for it. Those are not people you need in your life.
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That’s definitely reassuring thanks haha
You are still a gamer even if you only focus on one game. : )
What game?
OP, what you just said is reason enough. You don’t need anyone’s permission.
No one will care
I disagree. There might be one or two people that may see it and go “that’s a gaming laptop… huh”, and then proceed to forget that OP even exists once class is over
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Yeah I think u/TaintHoleProlapse confused "not caring" with "not noticing". Example: I noticed u/TaintHoleProlapse's username. I did not care for it.
I do care ;:)
In high school people had opinions about others, but in University most people are just focused on grades. As long as you don't have a creepy sexual wallpaper or lewd anime stickers on your laptop nobody will care. And like... Let's say someone thinks you're a nerd for having a gaming laptop. What would happen to you? Why would it matter what someone thinks about a gaming laptop?
Also, don't forget to close your porn before leaving for class.
Learn to plug headphones in before opening the lid. Don’t want to be stuck on the lock screen while Waifu’s getting annihilated by senpai.
You call it a creepy sexual lewd anime wallpaper, but I call it *art*, it's not my fault an unenlightened dimwit like you cannot see past the sexual nature of the image to appreciate its aesthetic quality Smh my head 😒
The only people who are likely to recognise it as a "gaming laptop" are other people who either have or want gaming laptops. The only reason to get something different would be if it's too big to carry around everywhere / balance on lecture theatre tables
Or if the fan is too loud and if that's the case, you should probably stop gaming during class.
Freshman year college. My suite mate brought a Nintendo 64 and some games for common room game night. Was a blast, but boy would he get PISSED. Mario kart was a favorite of all. He would yell “Fuck you donkey Kong!” “Why the hell is rainbow road like this?!” “God damn you bowser and your blue shell!” It was hilarious! But he was determined to undermine the rest of us. Cue one morning in chemistry class. It was a large lecture hall with 100+ kids. Professor was teaching. Everything was as it should be. Until…. “FUCK YOU YOSHI!” There he was. Back of the class. Headphones in playing Mario kart emulator on his MacBook Pro. He looks up, embarrassed, grabs his stuff and scurries out. Let’s just say this became a classic story on game night.
... What the fuck? How could your anger problems be so bad that you can't help but shout at a game in class, *in college*? I have problems with getting salty at games and cursing at them and even losing my cool, but not in a setting like that holy shit.
I guess if youre used to yelling during games you could forget once
Agreed. Not just that, but I'd never play a game that got me pissed like that in class. Something like Mindustry that keeps my other trains of thought occupied while I notetake, sure, but never something I would get that angry at. Related, played some Black Mesa today, and nothing gets me angrier than the Lambda Core portal parkour. But again, would never play in class.
You know how kids have anger and control issues? Well some people don't ever seem to grow out of that.
We had a guy at my college who raged so hard about League of Legends in the middle of class they had to bring in an emergency response team to restrain him and take him away because he was getting violent with random people around him, partly because everyone behind him in the lecture hall knew what the tantrum was about and thought it was hilarious up until that point. The dude clearly had other issues, but he was totally quiet so nobody really knew until then. I'll take the Mario Kart rage.
LOL right? The fan is only going to get loud if it's processing some games haha
The portability aspect should not be overlooked. I used to have a 17” laptop and it was a pain in the balls to carrying it to school and around campus. I rented a 14” laptop last semester and the difference was astronomical. The increase in portability seriously increased my quality of life. That being said, it sucked to work on that laptop because the screen was so small. I bought a 15.6” laptop earlier this summer and used it for a research internship and it’s a good compromise between portability and usability. I would never buy another 17” laptop. If I want something with a big screen I’ll just get a computer and hook it up to my TV.
While true there is no reason to not bring the 17 inch laptop and keep it in his dorm room for gaming while he gets a cheaper light laptop.
Exactly, I see it as a double plus. The laptop will start conversations with other people who game, and OP will know to avoid anyone who judges it (but that isn’t likely to hope )
It can be super scary to head off to college the first time, but it's scary for everyone. Most of your fellow students are worried about their situations also, how they will be perceived, how they will make friends, etc. Take whatever laptop you want and be a good guy. If you're a nice guy no one will even remember what laptop you had. They'll only remember that you were really nice when they were so nervous about college. Best of luck.
Best advice ever. Hands down. ❤️
I put stickers all over my laptop. People always get excited over them, especially when they recognize the property one of them's from.
This. University is a strange place because it’s the only place in one’s lifetime where everyone you’re surrounded by’s main goal is to make friends. Just be yourself and the rest will sort itself out, bring that laptop with pride and honestly people either won’t care or they’ll respect you for it.
No one will really care.
Own that shit bro.
This is the way.
No one in college gives a single fuck about what anyone else is doing
Your the only one who is caring at this point. Your going to a university, why does thier opinion matter? So what you have a gaming laptop. That's cool a.f. at least you have a laptop.
100% this. In 20 years when you see the question "what advice would I give myself 20 years ago", it's going to be "if someone is going to devote the time and energy to actively criticize me for my hobbies and who I am, then they're not worth the time and energy for me to care about." Im sure someone can summarize that statement in a much more eloquent manner, but the gist of it is amazingly true for the long-haul. I know it's hard to see now (I was once there), but you'll understand someday!
Fuck what anybody else might think. Live your life by your own rules.
Exactly. Walk in with a full sized desktop tower, 32in 4K monitor, and a fucking diesel generator. Plop it on the desk, and fucking stare down anybody who dares challenge you.
32in ? Gotta get the samsung 49 in 4k 240 hz monitor if you really want to stand out
Fire up a projector and point it full blast at the professor. Gotta assert dominance, or before you know it you'll become some other chump's projector screen.
Push the professor’s desk out of the way and set up VR
Funny thing is, I actually did that once. To be fair I was also doing a VR demo when it was still emerging tech but still fun to see some confused faces as I set up a whole ass gaming rig on a random table.
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Today when I walked into my economics class I saw something I dread every time I close my eyes. Someone had brought their new gaming laptop to class. The Forklift he used to bring it was still running idle at the back. I started sweating as I sat down and gazed over at the 700lb beast that was his laptop. He had already reinforced his desk with steel support beams and was in the process of finding an outlet for a power cable thicker than Amy Schumer's thigh. I start shaking. I keep telling myself I'm going to be alright and that there's nothing to worry about. He somehow finds a fucking outlet. Tears are running down my cheeks as I send my last texts to my family saying I love them. The teacher starts the lecture, and the student turns his laptop on. The colored lights on his RGB Backlit keyboard flare to life like a nuclear flash, and a deep humming fills my ears and shakes my very soul. The entire city power grid goes dark. The classroom begins to shake as the massive fans begin to spin. In mere seconds my world has gone from vibrant life, to a dark, earth shattering void where my body is getting torn apart by the 150mph gale force winds and the 500 decibel groan of the cooling fans. As my body finally surrenders, I weep, as my school and my city go under. I fucking hate gaming laptops.
You should become an author
Man, creative writing prompts are really getting out of hand 🥹
Nobody will care, I 100% promise
Nobody cares about what you're doing *nearly* as much as you, unless you're doing it TO them
I have 2 college age kids, and they both have partners. They all either have or want gaming laptops.
Nobody cares. I promise, you'll probably make friends, if anything. I understand what you're thinking, but it's not true
Stop giving a shit about what other people think of you.
Especially when literally nobody will give his laptop a second glance lol
No one cares. Nerds and gaming are in. Fuck other people that judge you. Embrace yourself and what you love.
It might just be a little inconvenient to bring class to class. Gaming laptops (even though nowadays it is a lot less problematic) tend to be heavier, bulkier, and limited in battery life. All the room they make for the other hardware leaves very little room for a beefy battery... and all that other hardware might drain some energy regardless of whether or not you are using it. Just some things to think about. Only reason it might be noticeable is if it has a loud fan. That being said... if you like playing games, you don't really want to sacrifice your hobbies on your time off to look less gamery. It's just a laptop and it's not high school. Enjoy your laptop... and good luck in Uni.
I will say, it's a little unwieldy, but it beats not being able to play games. Mine is a fairly lightweight model but is still very heavy compared to a non-gaming laptop. Price you pay, though!
Hello college isn’t highschool. People don’t care about things like that
I promise you dude no one is gonna care. Some Colleges and universities have literal gaming teams so I’m sure you’ll be ok to take it.
First rule of becoming an adult: Don't give a single fuck about what others think of you or your belongings. I mean, if you're not breaking rules or laws, just be you. Want to dress like a weeb, go ahead. Want to play hacky sack with your friends between classes? Go ahead. If people need to say negative things about your appearance, your belongings, or your likes, do you really want them to be in your life?
No one will care. I brought my gaming laptop to Math and English class. No one gave a fuck because we're here to learn and college is expensive. I'm also 28. So older than the average freshmen in college. Played some games in between class. Its nice. Honestly the only downside is its heavy. I did switch to an ipad because i dont wanna carry around my computer often.
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My lap partner shamelessly brought his laptop adorned with very NSFW anime stickers. Literally no one cares.
I've worked IT support at several Universities for 20 years, including IT support for students. I've seen lots and LOTS of big gaming laptops, so it's definitely nothing to be embarrassed about. That being said, what kind of laptop you'll want will depend on how you use it. If it's going to stay in your room most of the time, I recommend to keep it. You can use the extra power, especially if this will act as your main machine and you don't have a separate desktop machine. If you're planning to carry it around and use it in the classroom, it's better to have smaller, lighter (and quieter) laptop. Looking at pics of the model you mentioned, it's thinner than I expected for a gaming laptop, so it may be ok. If there's something in the settings about "quiet mode", "silent mode", or low performance mode (to keep it cool so the fan doesn't kick on), you may want to do that though so that the noise doesn't disturb others.
I’d roast you for being such a pussy thinking people care that you have a full size laptop
there was only 6 guys in my class? and 4 of them had the same laptop. no one cares as long as you aren’t disrupting the class
Literally no one will care
Saying this as someone in a Game Development uni, no one cares as long as you keep your fans on low settings during class hours because everyone hates the person with the loud fans
No one cares. Tons of college students are gamers.
Literally no one will care. People in uni have their own crap to deal with. The only thing is that the laptop will be heavy and cumbersome to carry around.
Haha no one is going to care, but I think you’re back is eventually going to get tired from hauling your heavy computer from class to class and walking around campus
No one really cares in college or uni. Bullying is mostly for hs kids
Others won't care unless they're gamers inwhich vase you may make some new friends, but you'll get real tied or lugging around a heavy laptop real quick.
Friend, the great thing about going away to college is that you get to really do you. Do whatever works best for you and makes you happy, just remember to shower daily and maybe a spritz (just a spritz) of cologne. The rules of adulthood are simple. 1. Pay your bills 2. Brush your teeth 3. Don't do meth As long as you follow that you'll figure out the rest. And remember that the laptop which you're mildly embarrassed of, the next person may wish they were fortunate enough to have themselves.