Rj45 is the jack. It is the normal cable we use in the house. You can go to any computer shop and ask them to make 1 RJ45 Straight Cable for you. I think 2 M should be sufficient.

That's one of the benefits of Computing subjects. You rarely need books because technology moves so fast that by the time it hits the press, the contents will be outdated.
Having said that, I still have some reference books that I need, like Stroustrup's excellent C++ book and the OpenGL one. However, you can get e-book versions of them all over (I just can't read e-books).

Computing students do require more bandwidth than your average student. Last session, my project had a large source repository (because it was a pretty large project). In addition, we have to download many software libraries for our projects. You can of course do it at uni if you bring your laptop in, but you can't be there all the time. You'll appreciate a fast, generous bandwidth when you need to get something done at 3am in the morning.

This post has been edited by chris_c28: Jan 16 2008, 01:13 PM

isit the sort of cable i use to connect my laptop to my modem? >.<

It's the type of cable you connect to your laptop's Ethernet port, not modem.

ahaha sound retard answer

indeed. if its unlimited broadband =.= wow... I can live there for the rest of my uni life. lol~

anyway, yeah ethernet cable thingy, i got tat at home. i'll just bring one over then.

haha same here

do what i do, go to University Malaya koperasi bookstore. eg i had 1 textbook which cost $130 aud but i bought it for Rm60++ . same text same content same everything. MPH in malaysia itself is selling for Rm150++ .
u gotta love the price discrimanation + subsidies in University Malaya

of course university malaya doesnt carry all the books that u may need. luck i guess.

Serious ? some how i doubt that, last time i checked in the internet forum, even 'unlimited' has its limit. If it's true then lucky you especially broadband speed ...... which is impressive.

ya bring over from miri
it is cheap~

How can i know wht is the book i need??

if you are new student, i'll recommend you to ask senior, or just ask around. The essential books are there, wont run far apart. Just different series's of it

Course webpages, past students, uni bookshop textlist.
Sometimes it's not a good idea to buy them too early. In some of my courses, the lecturer will tell us that the textbook is not compulsory, which usually means you don't need it (and it won't be used). The lecturer may also change the textbook from that used in the previous session.
You can also purchase 2nd hand textbooks.
http://www.textbookexchange.com.au

woah, that amount ! , it's going to bust my monthly quota limit.



This post has been edited by s373n: Jan 20 2008, 09:33 PM

Lygon... lots of Italian chicks... no, food, I mean food !!

College Square is pretty expensive, but for first timers in Melbourne with no friends'/relatives' place to tumpang, colleges or hostels are pretty much your choice for the time being. Some of my friends do enjoy staying at CS, but some say it's a drab place/

The internet's quite bad... to be fair, it's bearable, but you're better off having your own line and ISP anyway.

I get 40kg via SIA
Students get good deals from SIA. Seriously.

Adapter... oh yeah. Best thing to do is to bring at least one, and don't forget to bring an extension socket.

Toiletries... if possible, get them in Msia and bring them across. Why pay AUD10 for a small bottle of shampoo when you only need to pay RM 10 back home? You'll probably need at least 3, 4 per year (if you bathe everyday, which you should !! Even in winter !!)... do the math. You save RM20 per bottle, so say 4 bottles will save you up to RM80... do this for every other toiletries and utilities and see how much yo usave.

I even pack dry food over to Melbourne, especially Nescafe, my eyeopener for the day. Why pay 12AUD when I can get it for RM 10? And since I have to cook my own meals, I try to bring as much as possible.... After all, I have 40kg

Books on the other hand, well it depends. If you really want to save, use the library. Most of the time brand new textbooks are pretty much useless since you'll probably use less than half the chapters. Be a library bug and snap the books ASAP or zap only the chapters you need. Of course, if you already know whatever books that is confirmed to be useful, it helps to bring it from Msia.

Thanks. I guess it help to save a lot. By the way, how can i check the condition of those book??

do you know whether it's possible to get your own ISP at college square? I emailed them but they didn't really answer my question.. all they did was give me the pricing for their own internet

omg!!! 40kg??
unfortunately im goin with MAS...
aiksss.. 30kg....

40 kg ? I fly SQ as well and they told me officially in an email that I get 30kg .... so there exists three possibilities here :
1. its the official 30kg + close eye 10kg... which happens quite often if u go to the airport early enuf ..
2. u're travelling business class
3. the check in counter fella is ur relative or friend.

so which is it?

i stayed at college square before. no u cant get ur own ISP . unless u get Unwired (wireless broadband ) <- expensive
the internet at college square is downright horrendous. everytime people complained, they made it worse.

to sum it up college square internet
1. SLOW like max speed download is 30kb/s
2. always auto logout from ur internet
3. frigging expensive compared to external ISP
4. shit service

actually one of the reasons why i moved out of college square end of last year
but hey if u can look past the internet service , college square is actually a really decent place to stay.
for now lygon >> swanston in terms of facilities. + its cheaper too.