Should I get a laptop?

Hello all.

I was just wondering. If i were to go to ross or sgu do i need to purchase a laptop? I hear u need it to view slides and stuff? is this true? if i were to purchase a laptop it would be 1ghz laptop from ebay for like 700 dollars. I was just wondering what you all think. i know in undergrad i only used mine (now its gone) for word processing, i figure in med school no one really writes papers. so....

tell me what ya'll think.

thanks