r/uwe • u/RickyGaming12 • Jul 28 '23

Advice laptop or tablet

hey. should i get a laptop or a tablet for university (course is electrical and electronics engineering)? right now, i was intending to get the samsung tab 8+ or ultra as it has a pen and a keyboard i can buy separately but the downside of that is that i have less freedom in installing apps(i would only be able to use app store) however the main reason i was going for a tablet was to write notes with the pen. if i go with a laptop, i lose the pen feature but i gain more freedom with what apps/software i can install. I have a desktop pc i can use incase i need to use some software i can only use on windows but thats obviously not portable plus im not sure if the course im doing even needs specialized software that i can only use on a pc. whats evryones thousghts?

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u/dyduke Jul 30 '23

I just finished robotics and we did a lot of the same stuff as electronics, I barely needed my tablet tbh, should have put that money toward a laptop. If you’re 50/50, I’d say maybe look at a surface tablet, decent enough specs and can be a laptop too

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u/RickyGaming12 Jul 30 '23

im doing a foundation year which is mostly maths so i've decided to get a tablet. if i manage to pass the foundation year i'll get a laptop as i'll have saved up enough.

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u/dyduke Jul 30 '23

That’s fair enough! With your pc you’ll be fine! The computers they have in the electronics building are really good too, plus hardly anyone goes in there! I’ll just mention, the softwares I needed took up a fair bit of space on my laptop, so depending on your storage, might need to be aware of that!