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My college had plenty of 'proper' computers that students could use 24 hours a day. If I was in college now I could easily see myself using the iPad for reading and note taking in class and then going to one of the workstations when I had to do more demanding work.

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Yeah... there are schools that have all the equipment you need. But you can consider yourself lucky. In the first place I went to, there were probably 10 computers available for students in total. In the second place there were 3 floors of library full of computers, but it was still very hard to find a free one during exam weeks. It would be a mistake to rely on them being available every time you need them.

Depends if your doing something with comsci classes in it to. There has never been a time I couldn't get a computer at uni but if you didn't do comsci classes you can't get into those labs and the library has a lot but usually all being used around peak times.

my school has a 24 hour computer lab, but due to the budget cuts in CA, the library is closed twice a month, so the computer lab is always packed. I know (hope) that this wont last long, but it has been a problem this whole school year for me.

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