<p>I have a laptop, so my question isn't about what laptop to buy. My question is simple; will I actually need to take my laptop to class with me? Is it practical? Should I take my notes on my computer or just write or record them?</p>
<p>I use notebooks for most of my classes. Every once in a while I’ll bring my laptop to humanities lecture if I know the professor lecturing that day is fantastic and want to record it.</p>
<p>DO NOT record a professor’s lecture unless you have permission! More and more profs are actually putting this prohibition explicitly on their syllabi, and even those that don’t often have strong feelings about it.</p>
<p>Thanks Zchryevns. (:</p>
<p>Thanks for the tip Got2BeGreen. Most students I know record lectures in order to write out notes at their own pace later, so this is interesting to me.</p>