What year would you say laptops overtook desktops for students leaving for college/university? (lemmy.ca)

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[-] tal@lemmy.today 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Late 90s, sure.

I mean, yeah, it's useful for computer science students, but remember that just about everyone has to do things like write papers. If you don't have a computer, you're stuck doing everything in a computer lab somewhere.

Not to mention spreadsheets for various fields, a bunch of engineering stuff. Email is a common communication mechanism. College dorms were one place where you were likely gonna have fast Internet access.

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