This is the problem that buying a Newton means I'm investing a
resonable sum of cash (to get a decent one, it's over £100 now) and
I've had no expereince of use of a real machine before. If I invest,
I'm sorted-of forced into liking it already.
I agree that if I end up on a Newton, it'll be using this sort of
method - having a note with key facts, formulas and such. If I use a
Newton, it means I don't have to worry about loosing cards (or paper),
or organising them or finding them. But as I said, it is very
difficult to know without trying it.
> > Seb,
> >
> > FWIW, I'd say go for the MP2100. One thing: before you commit to working
> > through your A-levels, try the Newton out, to be sure the HWR works well
> > enough for you. Some people apparently have trouble with it so it's good to
> > check first that you aren't one of them before you get too tied into it.
> >
> > If you can use it, a Newton is a fantastic way to take all kinds of notes:
> > geometric shapes and free-form drawing as well as writing. You'll be able
> > to draw out mindmaps as easy as blink, also free-hand diagrammes of things
> > like electron shells, vectors, and all sorts of stuff. I use mine to draw
> > maps, schematics, graphic representations of web-sites, chemical processes,
> > as well as to record Chinese characters and draft out the layout of my
> > offices. That's in addition to ordinary notes and things.
> >
> > OTOH, you may find that the best way is still low-tech. Many years ago, I
> > sliced my way through sciences, languages, and other courses at university
> > using 3x5 cards (and for biochemical reaction cycles and vertebrate
> > dissection notes, using 4 x 6 cards). I kept them in sets by punching a
> > hole in the corners and using large hinged clasping rings with them. The
> > flexibility of this system, allowing for coloured cards and coloured pens,
> > and diagrammes and such as well as text, is hard to beat. Also, processing
> > the raw data enough to "boil it down" onto cards is a huge first step in
> > mastering it. If I went back tomorrow, I'd seriously consider doing it the
> > same way. And even if I used my Newton, I'd probably create my Newt-notes
> > along similar lines to my index cards all those years ago, in effect leaving
> > me with sets of e-cards.
> >
> > All the best on your A-levels, whatever you end up using.
> >
> > Shalom.
> > Christian
-- Seb Payne - seb@sebpayne.com http://www.sebpayne.com -- This is the NewtonTalk list - http://www.newtontalk.net/ for all inquiries Official Newton FAQ: http://www.chuma.org/newton/faq/ WikiWikiNewt for all kinds of articles: http://tools.unna.org/wikiwikinewt/Received on Sun May 6 17:37:22 2007
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