Saving refund for books vs buying a laptop? I'm getting a little bit of a refund and I was wondering if I should spend it on books I needed but I got to wondering. I only have a desktop but I can't exactly lug that to class. Currently I'm singed up for global econ , principals of econ, elementary German, elementary statistics, American govt, and the media/culture/society class. 

I'm living off campus so i'm going to effectively be stuck on the GSU campus until I decide to hop on the bus home. So that leaves me with a simple question, should I just save my money and rely on my desktop at home or should I invest in a laptop? 