A netizen sent me a private message saying that he was a trainee mechanic and was about to board the ship, and someone suggested that he buy a laptop to take on the ship so that he would not be bored in his spare time on board. This netizen felt that a laptop cost thousands of dollars, and he didn't want to buy it, so he asked me if the crew would bring a laptop on board?
This should be a cliché question, since this netizen asked this question, I will talk about the crew on board, do you need to bring a laptop?
Once upon a time, the crew should bring a notebook on board should be standard, it cannot be said that 100%, at least more than 90% of the crew brought a laptop on board, because the laptop is more convenient to carry. At that time, the crew generally came on board with a suitcase plus a computer bag containing a laptop, and now it is estimated that many crew members are also equipped in this configuration.
The crew can indeed do a lot of things with a laptop on board, the simplest is to download some movies and TV series or variety shows, and then use the computer to watch it when bored to pass the free time, which is indeed what many crew members often do with laptops on board. However, in this case, it is generally paired with a relatively large hard disk, after all, the memory of the laptop is limited and the storage of film and television programs is limited. The hard disk is much better in this regard, not only the large capacity storage of more film and television programs, the memory of the hard disk is at least 1T, and the hard disk can also exchange film and television programs with other crew members. Perhaps many old drivers know that most of the crew's hard drives have so-called Japanese love action movies on them.
In addition to watching movies and television programs, the computer can also play games, both by yourself or online by multi-person, which is also one of the things that the crew often does in their spare time. However, the crew members who need the crew are all interested in the game, and the crew is preferably from the same country, so it is more convenient to communicate when playing the game.
Since laptops are so useful, it's normal to bring a laptop on board, but I don't think it's necessary. Just like I also carried a laptop when I got on board, but it has been a month and a half since I got on the boat, the laptop is still in the computer bag and has not been opened and used, and the hard disk has not been used because I don't feel very needed.
This may be related to the route I am currently running, currently running a short-sea route, sometimes sailing offshore is relatively close and frequent port calls, so there are many opportunities to access the Internet, and a mobile phone is enough. In addition, there is also a network on the ship, although limited, but there are not many opportunities to use the ship to access the Internet, and now the emergence of smart phones makes the notebook have the function, the mobile phone basically has, the function of the notebook has been greatly weakened. Of course, unless there is a crew member using that kind of elderly mobile phone, but I believe that there should be no crew using an elderly machine now.
Even if some people feel that the mobile phone screen is too small and it is not convenient to watch TV series or movies, it is better to have a computer. In fact, there is something better than the computer to watch TV series or movies, that is, a simple projector, spend hundreds of dollars to buy a projector to take to the ship to play TV series or movies, it looks much more comfortable, and it is easy to carry and cheap. What's more, the projector can also be plugged into a USB or hard disk to play the things stored inside.
So I personally think that whether the crew needs to bring a computer to the ship depends on the situation. If it is that kind of ocean route, the time to enlarge the ocean is relatively long, and the free traffic on the ship is little or directly none, at this time, it is recommended that you bring a laptop.
If the traffic on the ship is unlimited and unlimited time, even if it is an ocean route, you do not need to bring a laptop when you get on the ship, after all, compared to mobile phones, laptops are still relatively heavy and occupy place, but at present, there are very few ships with unlimited traffic supply and unlimited time.
If it is an ocean-bound route, a short-sea container ship like mine calls more frequently, and although the traffic on board is limited in time and quantity, you still don't need to bring a laptop on board. I observed that almost half of our crew did not bring laptops on board. But at this time, it is best to prepare a little more Internet cards, so that you can surf the Internet in your spare time, and it will not be so boring.