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That’d be about the maximum size to get if he plans to carry it to class quite a bit. Something more in the 14" and smaller range would probably be better since they’re lighter and less bulky. </p>
<p>My kids never took their laptops to class to take notes - it’s easier to take notes on paper - especially for science, math, and computer science courses where diagrams, equations, etc. are written down a lot. Besides that, most laptops, especially their 15.6" laptops, were too heavy to cart all over campus all day. They’d sometimes take them to computer science labs but that’s about it.</p>
<p>When they purchased replacement laptops for themselves they both got smaller laptops.</p>
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Apparently this is what a lot of kids do who take their laptops to class - FB, email, internet, IM, solitaire, etc.</p>