Well that said I have a friend who was born without some of his fingers and the other fingers were malformed. He can not write very fast and it is always really untidy. Therefore he uses his laptop and it replaces his computer as a note taking device. If you know how to use one to do it then yes it's good. However if you just get a load of e-CDs and do them it's not so great. However for him, the laptop made a really good difference in subjects like English, Latin and History and RS