which laptop?

[keet]

...hey folks!!...i know that most of you guys are computer literate....(im not)....i have a daughter that needs a laptop (soon)shes in her last year at college.....we are hoping to help her with this purchase...can you make any reccomendations?...thanks in advance!!!

[KillBill]

What is her major? What applications will she need to run?

good read - Laptops Guide: Choosing a Laptop that is Right for You

[keet]

she is an education major and she needs this for homework....and internet...email...the normal uses

[Boston Chuck]

im in love with my black mac book. had it for 2 years now, never fucked up.

[KillBill]

she is an education major and she needs this for homework....and internet...email...the normal uses

I have had great luck with my HP laptops. There are some
really good deals at some of the big box stores now too.

[sveesix]

Check out Notebook Review, register, fill out the stickied form, then post it. They will tell you without a doubt what your best options are, in your price range.

[Jim]

send her my way, i'll help her out :

[CitizenFrye]

Wife loves her Dell 1525. Nice and light plenty of power and nice display. And she got it for less than 600.00 with a printer copier as part of the bundle.

[The Snowman]

im in love with my black mac book. had it for 2 years now, never fucked up.

+1 on the Mac. Great stuff and you can also run Windows on it if you need to.

[Sheppo]

+1 on the Mac. Great stuff and you can also run Windows on it if you need to.

+2 I won't own another PC.. switching everything to MAC

[kbroderick]

+2 I won't own another PC.. switching everything to MAC

+3

Although the MacBook is hair more expensive than a comparable PC (about $1200 vs $1400 for a comparable ThinkPad, although that's based on a 3rd-party service plan on the latter and AppleCare on the former), the better OS and the build quality make it worthwhile, IMO.

Personally, I'd stay away from the bargain-priced laptops (anything substantially below $1k); I've seen several of them fail well before I'd expect a quality laptop to do so.

[schleppy]

Standard Macbook should be more than adequate. You can also get smoking deals on refurbs from the Apple store online.

[mademoiselle]

i would also advice a mac notebook, specifically the macbook air. i have it and i am satisfied with the performance..

[DucDave]

+2 I won't own another PC.. switching everything to MAC

...dont bother trying to get a Garmin GPS to work with it...

fuckin' macs

[The Snowman]

...dont bother trying to get a Garmin GPS to work with it...

fuckin' macs

It should work with Windows Parallel if it's a USB interface.

[Hauptman]

I work for an IT company and I always recommend Macbooks...especially for girls. There is little to no upkeep, virus trouble, the OS is extremely easy to use and installs/peripherals(mice, external monitors etc) are automatically recognized and installed 99% of the time. Just make sure to buy the extended AppleCare. Most likely nothing will happen but its great to have. I personally own a Macbook that is 2 years old and I love it.

[The Snowman]

BTW, if you're looking for a Mac, check out MacMall – #1 Mac Store, iPod nano, Mac Intel, Mac Computers & LCD TVs. If you're on a budget, they have discontinued models for short money. Just after they released the MacBook Pros with the 2.5GHz Intel processors, I picked up a discontinued 15" 2.4GHz model w/ Mac OS X (10.5.1), loaded w/ 4GB RAM, 200GB Hard Disk, and Parallels w/ Windows XP installed as well for just under $2K, with about $300 worth of rebates.

The MacBooks start at $1450 w/ $150 rebate now (2.2GHz processor, 2GB RAM, 120GB HD).

[RyanNicholson]

[nefarious]

I have to agree with Ryan. Security by obscurity is the mac way. osX gets boring really quick no matter how 'simple' to use. Simplicity comes at a price and it really shows its weakness in some of its higher end apps.

[Jaynnus]

I work for an IT company and I always recommend Macbooks...especially for girls.

WTF does that mean???!!!

[The Snowman]

WTF does that mean???!!!

Well, who's the one with "I ride like a girl" in their signature line?

[RyanNicholson]

WTF does that mean???!!!

[TheIglu]

Visit techbargains.com, keep an eye on the Dell specials, buy whatever you want. Opinions on computers are like assholes. Everyone has one and most of them are full of shit.

[TheIglu]

And by all means, if you feel you need to spend a lot to get a "good" computer, go nuts.

I personally would look to be in the $600-$750 range for a decent machine on sale, but I only support 750+ users, 90% of which are on my laptops so my opinion probably isn't as good as others who own maybe two machines.

[TheIglu]

For example:

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