in the first year of college you barely have any need of laptop or computer as mostly u will be provided withcomputer for practice in college.

i suggest to maintain a laptop as you will be using it in the btech for sure.

if aspiring learn computer programming lkanguages

hello aspirant!

yes it would be better if you had a lappy or pc with you so that you can visualize the study using them..., i am a btech student in the stream of CSE i don't have a lappy when i am in 1st year of my btech, which made me suffer a  lot cause, i wanted to study practically, so when i got lappy  in my 2nd semester it helped me a lot in practising the projects and programs at home, which made me build my programming skills a lot.., so it would be better if you had lappy or pc.

hey!

hope you are good

if you can arrange to have  laptop from the first year of your engineering then it is well and good but if somehow you are not able to have in first then that will be okay but you should necessarily have a laptop from 2nd year onwards as you will be in high need of that cause practically your actual coding will be start from that in first year of your engineering you will be taught all the importants subject of science , from second year your branch specific study will get started.

so do not panic much , but try to get a laptop as soon as possible

all the best!

In 1st year in an engineering college, you may not feel the need to carry a computer or laptop as the subjects usually are not related to the branch. Instead, the subjects are a mix of fundamentals of all types of engineering. However, thinking long-term, if you have a laptop in the first year, you can start learning programming in the first year. This would save your time in the subsequent years which you could utilize to learn new technologies like Machine Learning, IOT, Cloud Computing, Web development, Android Development. I hope you found this answer useful