OcUK Students?

poopots · 30 Mar 2009 at 08:14

benjo said:
I planned ahead! My course has a lot of video editing and rendering so I obviously had to get a watercooled quad core...

Saying that though, I havent spent any money on my computer since September last year. I can barely afford pasta at the moment, let alone a computer upgrade.

I don't have an overdraft or a maintenance loan, I just work my ass off during the holidays to cover the next term

I wish my degree scheme involved video editing and rendering.

I've been up the whole night doing some insanley boring assignment work on search algorithms, woe is me.

I must admit a quadcore would have made it a hell of a lot quicker for me, a bubble sort with over a million values to go through takes an age.

bcjames · 30 Mar 2009 at 08:35

I'm a post-grad student, so I don't get a loan, so haven't spent anything on my pc

willhub · 30 Mar 2009 at 08:37

I never knew OcUK was infamous because of it's student population, are most people on here students?

Hate · 30 Mar 2009 at 08:49

Dev2 said:
200 line java programs

snigger.

FrostedNipple · 30 Mar 2009 at 08:55

Since being a student i won't buy hardware unless something breaks. Also, my gaming pc is at home, i have a lappy hear which runs all my games including cod4

(when i say all, i'm excluding gta4, that ran like a dawg)

Kristoph · 30 Mar 2009 at 09:23

Student here, I spend nothing at OcUK to be honest, although have once bought an old set up (3200xp)

Gaming is off the list and I now have a laptop which I bought direct through a certain company.

Dissertation due in 3 weeks.

manic_man · 30 Mar 2009 at 10:42

I'm intrigued, is someone able to become "Normal" once they are no longer a Student, or is the tarnish there for life?

If so, makes you wonder why anyone would want to learn stuff at a higher level really, if it makes them no longer "Normal"?

Genuine question.

reflux · 30 Mar 2009 at 10:45

bcjames said:
I'm a post-grad student, so I don't get a loan, so haven't spent anything on my pc

Me too, but I work part time and my rent is pretty low (£55/week) so thankfully I can afford to blow cash on mah PC.

Used to love it when I got my loan though - once went through it in two weeks - new screen + 9800GX2

starfighter · 30 Mar 2009 at 10:48

LOL that isn't "normal" at all. I sometimes wonder if some people on this forum live in the real world when it comes to money.

I am a geek, earn a dencent wage and live at home and still feel guilty if I spend too much, new PC and monitors and laptop so yeah I probably spent over 1k in the last 12 months at least. However since 09 I have been good.

Most people I know buy a new PC if it breaks or they are a n00b student and get one when they get the Mac bug. Buying a Playstation or XXbox every 5 years is too much for many. :eek:

[TW]Fox · 30 Mar 2009 at 10:57

Student, over the last 12 months I think I've spent about 200-300 quid I would imagine?

Steve2000 · 30 Mar 2009 at 10:59

Not a student, haven't been for 36 years.

linktoinsanity · 30 Mar 2009 at 11:05

Not a student, finished uni last year

(before joining OCUK)

reflux · 30 Mar 2009 at 11:08

LinktoInsanity said:
Not a student, finished uni last year (before joining OCUK)

Ah, I see a kind mod gave you your proper name?

FreeStream · 30 Mar 2009 at 11:11

Student here.

I don't spend a lot on OcUK really anymore, used to.

Now its on Apple hardware! (Mac Pro, Macbook Pro, iPhone, etc)

alexakasloth · 30 Mar 2009 at 11:13

2008 I spent just over a grand on PC hardware (new laptop, external HD and a cheap C2D upgrade)

geekyEd · 30 Mar 2009 at 11:17

when I was on placement last year I spent a fair bit on pc's mind most of it was covered due to who I was working for.

This year I have spent nothing on gaming ris but needed a new laptop as my old one died so decided to compile my mac mini and laptop into one machine and spent any spare cash I had on the machine in my sig.

hawker1986 · 30 Mar 2009 at 11:35

Well im a student atm, though hopefully not for much longer (ive got my last exam wed which I should prob be revising for :S) and over the last 5 years ive probably spent £1000+ a year on PC stuff one way or another, though not all here, and ive got some of that money back selling old parts.

Hawker

linktoinsanity · 30 Mar 2009 at 11:48

reflux said:
Ah, I see a kind mod gave you your proper name?

Yes

I was gonna start a new thread saying Thank You, but I thought I'd best not

kenshinu · 30 Mar 2009 at 12:20

First year uni here.

Ermm got a new MacBook when they came out. But I don't have a loan so kinda doesn't matter?

LiamC · 30 Mar 2009 at 12:23

I went to college, and got £30 a weel inc. a Bursary of something like £1000. All of which i didn't have to pay back.

Now im working, living with parents still and earning decent money. In the last year i've spent around £1500 on the PC. I wanted a 'Gaming machine', but since i've started working ive never got the energy or time to play games. So yeah... My pc Gets used for browsing the net...