I don't think it's necessary to bring a personal laptop. The only reason i could think of having one is for like iTunes or to save personal photos or whatnot.
I am the DS of grevar. My father and I are just openly excited to have received such an honor. In no way was my father's thread "obnoxious". We are a humble family and this thread's purpose was not to boast. It was simply to show our excitement and on top of that, to show others that LOA's...