I don't see how its that dumb of a question. Yes, hes using a computer to send an email and ask the question, but that has nothing to do with whether or not ones needed for the actual class. Maybe he used a friends computer or one at school and he wanted to know how much he would need a computer to know if he needed to buy one or not. If he just has to borrow or go to a school computer 3 times all semester, its a lot different than if he has homework on a computer every night.
There's also the fact that you might need to bring a laptop to class with you in order to do the work or something. Every teacher teaches differently, requires different things, sets different limits and expectations. I think teachers tend to forget that students have more than one teacher and that they all have different standards. Something means one thing for one, and another thing to another.
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