Is it compulsory to have a laptop at Jacobs? Can I survive without a laptop?
No, it is not compulsory to have one. It is your choice, but you need a laptop for many things, it is difficult if you don’t have one. There are laptops in the library of the university which you can use, but they are not many and all of them are not available 24/7 of course. Theoretically, you can survive without a laptop, but it is highly recommended to have one as you need to communicate with others and do projects, homework and stuff. A lot of the things regarding to the course material and homework are posted on internet. So, practically-no way!
If my operating system collapsed, what should I do?
On campus, we have the IT Support, who are very kind and can try to recover all your lost information in case your system collapsed. This however would be only if you bought the laptop from the university and not if you bought it from external places.
Is it worth it to bring my own laptop?
This depends solely on you. The problem would be the warranty, which, usually cannot be applied in other countries. So, if you know you’ll take good care of your portable, it is ok to bring your own, but otherwise, it is recommended to get one from the university given the fact that the insurance covers everything except theft.
How about buying one from Germany?
You can even buy a laptop from Germany. There are good stores for electronics here in Bremen, for example Saturn. But of course there can be some disadvantages for some of you as well, like for example a German keyboard and German software (which you can reinstall in English of course).
Where can I buy additional stuff for my laptop (i.e. external hard drives, webcams, mice, keyboards, etc.)?
There are several places to get this kind of stuffone would be the MediaMarkt, at the Vegesack Mall, or if you want to compare prices and even more utilities, go to Bremen downtown at Saturn and you have plenty of things to choose from. OR, you can send a spam to Jacobs-students and eventually someone has something to sell and you can get it cheaper (even though second hand) from one of the other students and you don’t even have to go that far.
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