Just got my new laptop.

You may need a desktop for college in order to do intensive graphical design work and to run certain 3D software image programs needed for architecture / landscape design purposes. It's impractical to run these programs efficiently on a laptop. The main advantage that a laptop has over a desktop is portability. The professor in our java programming class wrote everything on the board and there was barely enough time for us to even try using jEdit in order to test the examples he used in class. I ended up just writing everything in my notebook and then doing the homework in my room or in the computer lab. Usually laptops are abused more than used efficiently. In one of my introductory science class, people were using it for facebook and one individual in particular was watching Sailor Moon episodes. No surprise that half the class fails when it comes to exams. You don't need a laptop for college even if you are an IT or CS major. Regardless of how much Apple will spam you "COLLEGE ESSENTIALS" with their overpriced third rate materials used to make most of their laptops and desktops. Also... Information Technology? Why not Computer Science?