Just remember to back that shit up.

Nothing like forgetting your brain on public transport and getting instant amnesia for the past five years.

As someone who studied without laptop through an entire bachelor's degree - it is a valid option, and I still often make handwritten notes of study materials.

When you write things down by hand, you process information for longer and use more parts of your brain to do so, which genuinely helps to memorize study materials.

It also allows for more focus. Personally, I found that when I moved, eventually, to using laptop in my studies, it has reduced my attention span and added unnecessary distractions. When all you have at your fingertips is paper and a pen, there is nowhere to get astray.

eh. i prefer desktops. i see the use of laptops, but i prefer to use as little disposable tech as possible.

I pretty much treat mine as my second brain.

Withering away your first brain in the process.