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"For two, if I wanted one to tote around the library with me, my school checks out laptops at the circulation desk. " ones...what school do you go to? They would trust students to check out laptops? Were they good ones or pretty crappy laptops? Just curious...everybody at 'SC had their own laptop if they wanted one, but I still couldn't imagine them lending laptops.
Of course, it's personal preference. If you aren't good at working on a computer (which easily permits distraction), then the benefit will be less than if you work well on a computer. So, here's a list of reasons why I preferred a laptop at school (mind you, I also had a desktop computer in my apartment and in my campus-office):
1) Easy to carry around all of your digital work
2) Can work anywhere (outside...I loved working outside on a sunny day, in the shade so I could see the screen :-)
3) Can work at any time (especially helpful if you had to commute to school, like I did)
4) Quicker (for me) to type than write
5) Better data retention (for me) than millions of sheets of paper
Good luck and let us know what you decide!
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