Ever thought of the weight of a laptop? (Score 1)

I think giving every student a laptop is just a Public-Realtions gag and nothing more.

Why do students need a laptop? To play Quake in the Bus? If there a workstations at school and a PC at home, they can access their files over the internet.

Carrying a laptop as a addition to the books is not very good for a student and the laptop. Replacing schoolbooks with eBooks is another thing, which would solve a lot of problems