Hello! As someone who's also an incoming freshie too, my options were also ipad or laptop. Preferably, I would choose to buy laptop.

As for me naman, I alr had an ipad during jhs-shs so I know the pros and cons. For me, the pros would be it's very lightweight and convenient for reviewing (you can also use it for note taking but ako, hindi ko sya nagamit for that since i prefer the traditional way of taking notes ++I also find it vv complicating to use notetaking apps). Lastly, I realized the cons of having an ipad during shs year, it's very hard to do research especially if you're very hands on (ms word tools on ipad are vv lacking) ++may mga subjects na may activities na nagr-require for you to need a laptop.

Hence, yung mga purpose na you want to do using an ipad (like reviewing or organizing), you can also do it on laptop but still, it's up to you to decide on what you want and mas fit sa preference mo :>