How You Can Use the Most Of Your Laptop's Features for Your Studies

Our laptops irrespective of the company or model contain a lot of useful features and functions, which we try using either at work or in our leisure time. Studying is one of the principal reasons why young people want to buy a good and effective device. Speaking of modern times, the more powerful a laptop you have, the more capable you are at work. Nevertheless, as one character from comic books said: 'With great power comes great responsibility. Remember about that.' Indeed, when we get a truly good gadget, we think of the capabilities becoming available for us after the purchase.

However, regardless of the aim to study well and be productive, students forget about their symbolic oath and use their laptops as an entertaining means. They download video games, watch films, and even surf social media in search of memes and funny stories. It isn't bad at all, it's good for the brain, but when it is done instead of studying, something must be changed.

So, today we will emphasize the functions and features of your laptop you can use profitably without wasting any second of your precious life. How to become a productive student, and how can your laptop help in that?

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Learn The Features

First and foremost, you have to get more acquainted with your device. If you plan to purchase one, find more information about it on blogs, marketplaces, an official site of the brand, etc. The more you know, the better you can plan your work on it. For example, laptops with touchscreens are becoming more and more popular nowadays. They are a cool substitute for tablets, and students may think of their benefits. Maybe it would be better to highlight the text with a finger.

When you learn the characteristics of your gadget, you will definitely like it more! You will understand that it is not a toy, and you will relate to it quite seriously. Besides your brain, it will become your main storage for various information. It saves the books, articles, documents, in some cases even your writing term papers you need during studying. 

So, be very conscious when you choose and research the laptop, and know exactly what you want it for.

Use It As Your Planner

One of the fundamental skills every successful person emphasizes is planning. For sure, you can buy one, carry it wherever and whenever you want, but what about a digitized alternative? In fact, you may even not download a separate application on your computer. You already have one! Moreover, when you have an important task to complete or a meeting, you can schedule it in your laptop calendar and set a notification.

Fortunately, when you are working with your laptop, you won't miss such an event from your sight! In addition, if you find your basic calendar quite boring, try using the one made by Google. It is more bright, convenient, and has more functions that can be useful when you need to sort out all your routines and complicated obligations.

Download Playlists

As many students claim, music helps them to study better. That is why they put their headphones on and turn some songs on. In advance, we would like to suggest you choose calm music that helps in focusing and forgetting about distracting factors. Anyway, to concentrate on a single device and not use browsers constantly (because there is a temptation to open not only music services), download your beloved and favorite tracks in one folder, name it 'Playlist For Studying', and use it in an appropriate manner. Congratulations - you are now even more organized and keep your data in order!

By the way, if you are a medical student and you have the assignment to prepare some essays for nursing school, classical music (Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin) is the best in that case according to the experts.

Set Working Timers

When you have video games to play or videos to watch, it is very difficult to forget about them while dwelling upon the articles or ebooks. One of the reasons for such temptation is that we may not know exactly how much we must work. Instead of just sitting in front of the text and thinking of some other things, try setting a timer that will show you how much you should study before you have a break and do some other stuff.

It would be better to see it constantly on your screen and choose the notification sound. In addition, we recommend you use the Pomodoro technique. If you know about it and don't want to set the timer in that way manually, you can resort to online services. Just click on the button, and enjoy your working process! Notice: you have to spend your time only on necessary tasks, not those amusing ones. Studying is tough, but why not simplify it?

Samuel Daniel

Update 20 May 2021