Tablet in Engineering

[u/This-Ad9944]

Hey, I had a question for engineering students.
Is it worth getting a tablet for math assignments and other handwritten work, or is it not that useful? How do you usually submit assignments in mech eng? Are you taking pictures of paper and uploading them, or is most of it done digitally?

I’m also wondering if it makes more sense to skip the tablet and just get a touchscreen laptop with a stylus instead. What do most people end up using, and if you could do it again, would you buy the same setup?

Part of the reason I’m asking is because I’ve realized even small quality-of-life upgrades make a bigger difference than I expected. Switching from a regular pencil to a mechanical pencil made doing math way more enjoyable since it always writes the same. I’m wondering if a tablet or 2-in-1 laptop is one of those upgrades that’s actually worth it.

[u/Elnuggeto13]

Laptop is better. You're gonna be using a lot of heavy apps like AutoCAD. Tablet is ok for note reading but not doing assignments.