<p>My kids both had laptops on the large end because of gaming. Older son also had a bigger battery pack. He took it everywhere and used it in class (comp sci major). Younger son asked us to get him a notebook because he didn’t want to take his good computer to Jordan this summer and he thought it would be nicer to carry around for notetaking next year instead of the lap top. </p>
<p>When I take continuing ed classes they always give us a print out of the power point so I now tend to take minimal notes on them. You can definitely do lecture notes on a lap top - I take minutes for the neighborhood association meetings that way and it’s so nice to have legible notes.</p>