Disney Addicted
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Aug 29, 2011
I only realized a few days ago my son probably needs a laptop for school. He's been showing me all these laptop ads and I was getting ticked off as I spent over 14,000 air miles on a gaming computer he received for Christmas.
I had forgotten he has struggled with writing for years. In grades 6-8 that became almost a non-issue as he was doing the majority of his work on computers. The elementary school had 2 or 3 computers in his classroom so he would bring an USB stick to school and back home again to work on school work.
I was thinking just a basic small cheap laptop and put Microsoft Office home edition student version so he can type notes in class and fix up his notes/work on his school projects at home. He will not be allowed to use it for gaming period. School work only.
Is a laptop the way to go? Should I be looking at tablets instead? I do not use a tablet so I'm unsure how easy or difficult it would be to use it for note taking, essays, etc and transfer the information to his computer if he needs to work on projects using specific programs instead.
I'd love some scenarios and advice please!! Thank you!!
I had forgotten he has struggled with writing for years. In grades 6-8 that became almost a non-issue as he was doing the majority of his work on computers. The elementary school had 2 or 3 computers in his classroom so he would bring an USB stick to school and back home again to work on school work.
I was thinking just a basic small cheap laptop and put Microsoft Office home edition student version so he can type notes in class and fix up his notes/work on his school projects at home. He will not be allowed to use it for gaming period. School work only.
Is a laptop the way to go? Should I be looking at tablets instead? I do not use a tablet so I'm unsure how easy or difficult it would be to use it for note taking, essays, etc and transfer the information to his computer if he needs to work on projects using specific programs instead.
I'd love some scenarios and advice please!! Thank you!!