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Are Tablet Computers popular in US colleges? Should I use one in college?

• I will be going to community college for 2 years starting this year to study and move to university to study engineering, most likely aerospace engineering. Now I have a regular laptop that I use for internet, notes, surfing internet, etc. I live in California in America and I found those Tablet Computers that you can use them to take handwritten notes with (they are really compact and very useful, you can draw on them too or draw diagrams) instead of taking notes on paper and all that mess. My question: are those tablet computers widespread across colleges and universities in America? Are they so rare that mine might get stolen? Are they useful for engineering students like me? Should I buy one or just use my laptop and pen and papers? Tell me your ideas, thanks

• Answer:

  I assume every college and university environment is different. I go to a small safe liberal arts college in the middle of nowhere. Not one person that I have seen has a tablet computer. Hope this helps!