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What type of laptop?

I want to get my son one for college, I have no clue what the best styles or systems are. I was also considering an the Macbook? I've heard good things about the Apple products.

I've also noticed that they've come down in price since I had a laptop 4 years ago. Looks like for 7 or 8 hundred I can get something with quite a bit of options.

if you go to the spam section, frdvschvy is selling a few of them. you might want to take a look at those

Originally Posted by ellabo

if you go to the spam section, frdvschvy is selling a few of them. you might want to take a look at those

Ok, but I still don't know what I'm looking at, or what options I need to get him.

I'm an IS guy and we mainly deal with DELL and there pretty good. Make sure you get the warranty.
I like HP products. They just seem like there made better.
Everyone that has ever bought a MAC says it's the best and wouldn't ever go back to a PC.
Prices have dropped alot and you can get a great product for a great price.
I just always fall back on the warranty. DELL Gold warranty is great with great service within 4 hours but it's expensive.
I personally would just find the best deal and hope the laptop last more than a year or two without breaking down.

Originally Posted by CALJAMR

I'm an IS guy and we mainly deal with DELL and there pretty good. Make sure you get the warranty.
I like HP products. They just seem like there made better.
Everyone that has ever bought a MAC says it's the best and wouldn't ever go back to a PC.
Prices have dropped alot and you can get a great product for a great price.
I just always fall back on the warranty. DELL Gold warranty is great with great service within 4 hours but it's expensive.
I personally would just find the best deal and hope the laptop last more than a year or two without breaking down.

I've heard that about the Mac also, but it's also twice the price.

Warranty, that's a good thing to consider.

I'll put it to you this way. I'm currently typing this on a quad core with 4 gigs of ram running Windows Vista. Even with 1 gig of video ram I'm idling at 2.34 Gigs of ram. It's slow and choppy. I've watched old asian women move faster.

If this same system were a mac I'd be able to reposition 3/4 of all earth orbiting satellites, flatten a 416 layer CS3 file and get my taxes done in less than 3 seconds. Yeah, that's how fast.

Buy a mac.

Originally Posted by Outdrive1

Ok, but I still don't know what I'm looking at, or what options I need to get him.

i wouldnt know. i dont know a damn thing about computers.

i just remember seeing it posted. you may want to pm him. he should be able to answer any questions you may have.

For software, iLife is standard...not a whole lot in there that would help with school other than organizing potential GF's by facial recognition. Add on Microsoft Office and say goodbye.

Originally Posted by Outdrive1

I've heard that about the Mac also, but it's also twice the price.

Warranty, that's a good thing to consider.

Go to www.apple.com. In the top right search field enter "refurbished". These are great units that literally look brand new and come with the same warranty as a new on. I bought 2 of these for $849.00:

http://store.apple.com/us/product/FB...mco=MjE0NDk5Mw



They are extremely capable for almost any task. Lots of great built in features and will most definitely be suitable for your kid for college.

We do graphics design, maintain our website, PhotoShop, Excel, Powerpoint, Word, you name it.

I've had a Dell Vostro for a 1.5 years. Runs like a champ.
3GB of memory.. Zero issues. Paid like 600 for it

I've been using Mac's since the LISA came out. Love them. I have Windows 7 running on an HP laptop. Apple needs to look out. Microsoft finally got their game together. The system simply works.

Toshiba!! I have always had great luck with the satellite by Toshiba. 7 years on the last one.

i'm loyal to my IBM thinkpad. i can't live without the trackpoint!! IBM recently sold their computers to Lenovo, but it is still the same product. you can even spill your drink on the keyboard and it can take it!!

http://www.lenovo.com/us/en/index.html