Get a nice laptop. An iPad will not be enough for CS/EE degree. I would argue it's not enough for any degree, but that's off topic. Get an iPad later if you want to simply because it's a cool device that seems like a good ereader/entertainment system.
My rationale is this. In undergrad and then graduate school many times I would sit with my laptop with the professor going over various problems. Impossible to do with an iPad. Many classes required X that wouldn't work on an iPad. For example, embedded systems required usb connection to the external HW device and then software support. Linux was required for many classes since the code is available to learn from.
In the end my optimal solution was a 17" MBP with linux and windows VMs.
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Get a nice laptop. An iPad will not be enough for CS/EE degree. I would argue it's not enough for any degree, but that's off topic. Get an iPad later if you want to simply because it's a cool device that seems like a good ereader/entertainment system.
My rationale is this. In undergrad and then graduate school many times I would sit with my laptop with the professor going over various problems. Impossible to do with an iPad. Many classes required X that wouldn't work on an iPad. For example, embedded systems required usb connection to the external HW device and then software support. Linux was required for many classes since the code is available to learn from.
In the end my optimal solution was a 17" MBP with linux and windows VMs.