Palmetto Report

(Rock Hill, S.C.) -- Winthrop University says it's making preparations to become a "laptop campus" by August, which would require every student to have a laptop for the 2022-23 school year. The school says it's making upgrades to its Wi-Fi system in residence halls and academic buildings and the Winthrop Bookstore will begin selling laptops, which meet the university's specifications. The move comes after the school's Board of Trustees voted unanimously to make the transition from campus-wide desktop computers to laptops, at a quarterly meeting Oct. 29. Andrew Besmer, an associate professor of computer science, and Michael Rego, a computer science major, joined the Palmetto Report to discuss the transition.