There are several large scale deployments / pilots in schools where students bring their own netbooks/ notebooks to classroom. Check out netbooks.eun.org "Six countries are participating in the Acer-European Schoolnet Educational Netbook Pilot in schools. Netbooks are a rapidly evolving category of small, light and inexpensive laptop computers suited for general computing and accessing web-based applications. The pilot is interested in exploring how the introduction of netbooks and one-to-one pedagogy in schools could change the processes involved in teaching and learning." It has detailed survey results of hundreds of teachers and thousands of students. Hard facts !
