Well, I just recently got my first laptop (and not for school either). I had a desktop throughout university though. The key matter is having access to the internet, some sort of word processor, and a printer for writing papers. As for the rumors, I wouldn't worry too much about them. That sounds like the same rumors that said using cell phones could cause brain cancer because you hold it so close to your head. They're both totally unfounded. Our bodies have wireless signals passing through them all day long. From radios to cell phones, to satellites lining the sky, to even natural emmissions from the earth's magnetic field and stellar sources, it's always been happening.

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Yes, computer is necessary in any event.

Some sort of computer is necessarily but it doesn't have to be laptop. Laptop is useful for taking notes during the lectures if you don't want to write them into notebook. Plus you can read ebooks and course materials on your computer outside home and so on. Bleeh the bad thing is carrying the thingie around. Luckily they're not so heavy anymore. Yeah and around here some of the auditoriums lack the proper platform to hold the computer and then you have to use it from your lap. I have read that the heat and irradiation from laptop can cause infertility. Most of the research is about men. I wonder if it has effect on women too. I don't want my laptop to boil my eggs... D: