So she spread out a blanket under a maple tree, turned on a laptop computer and started surfing the Web. No messy wiring required. I'm not confined in my room.
Notebook computers make anywhere they are their office.
Buena Vista, Drexel and Wake Forest are among the universities that began campuswide wireless service this fall. Greenville started its program a year ago, as did Carnegie Mellon University. Mount St. Mary College in Newburgh, N.Y., introduced a slower form of wireless service in 1996. Plus, laptop batteries last only a few hours, and students can goof off more easily in class. But wireless networks also let students collaborate more naturally.