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The thing is I'm lazy and also can't write brilliantly (so notes are appauling ) and taking a laptop to lectures would be a sensible thing to do, also it means I can use the WiFi anywhere around campus easily so can do work anyplace.
To be honest, I'd be surprised if you actually make use of that ability. Perhaps your course will be different, but I can honestly say that in my first year, I never found myself really needing a notebook.
I'm the same as you - my writing is terrible, but even if I'd had my notebook from the start of the year, I probably wouldn't have used it. Would feel slightly silly opening up a notebook in a lecture theatre while everyone is is lying back writing notes occasionally (plus we're given lecture notes so there's not much for us to do anyway!). Not trying to put you off at all, just telling you what it's like. :)
As for doing work anywhere, your Uni will no doubt have computers available for students to use, probably in the library. Once you get to know people, you'll end up going there with friends, or going there because that's where all the books are. It's easier to have your work on a USB flash drive and just carry that where you need it. Although you did say you're doing a Computing degree, so perhaps you'll find your requirements are different.
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I have less to take with me, as I found with my mate that's at uni in York (I'm in Cornwall) picking him and his stuff up really fills the car up if you have a pc as it's a fairly large lump and the laptop is relativly small.
True, but if you take your PC with you to Uni and leave it there, and then only take your notebook back home with you during holidays, it's less to carry about. Just an idea.
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I may end up doing the oposite of what you've done (which actually seems more sensible as you can save upthe money once you've sorted out bills etc.) once I find a place for my second year, so have the PC in the house and the laptop whever I need it.
Well that's pretty much exactly what I've done anyway. My Uni is down in Bucks whereas home is in Scotland (where I am now). My PC is in storage down there with the rest of my stuff, and once we move into the house in September, that's where it'll live. If I ever come home for holidays, I can just take the notebook with me.
Hopefully now that I'll be in a house and not quite so close to Uni in Halls, it'll start having a bit more use for Uni work, but . I really only got it as something to play with though, but it technically didn't cost me anything anyway.
Your plan does sound like a good one - when I started Uni I considered selling my PC to get a gaming-capable notebook, but it just wasn't worth it for me at the time.
Whatever happens, hope you find what you're looking for.