my sis is in need of a college laptop any ideas?

well my sis is in college and will be needing a laptop for christmas basically she will be doing lots and lots of documents, browsing the internet, and e-mail.

so i thought why not post here to get some help

thing is im not really into laptops so i dont know about the proecessors im stricly desktop and gaming

what are your ideas on a good laptop

budget is probably $600 so nothing top of the line but nothing cr@py, just school and music

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i go with him

As much as you guys hate to hear it but Macbook or MacbookPro are the most popular and probably the best for documenting, working, browsing, and e-mail. no kidding.
My sister is in college too and its working great! plus it runs movies nicely, which is a good bonus! bluebusiness

As much as you guys hate to hear it but Macbook or MacbookPro are the most popular and probably the best for documenting, working, browsing, and e-mail. no kidding.
My sister is in college too and its working great! plus it runs movies nicely, which is a good bonus! bluebusiness

For $600 you can't beat a Dell.

They have deals all the time on their Vostro line.

You could get a Vostro 1500 with 1.6-2.0 ghz C2D, 8400m GS, 1gb RAM, Vista basic for ~600 easily anytime they run a deal.

Maybe expensive but for what you get they are amazing! Macbook the white small one is just 1000bucks!
Macs dont get viruses, Macs never crash, Macs dont get old. Its true
Im only going with windows these days because I like to game! I mean I might get my self a Mac Pro quad core and then install Vista on it! bluebusiness

Fanboy much? Macs get everything/do everything you listed.

"the white small one is just 1000bucks!" Lol, just 1000 bucks, eh. Just 1000. :roll:

Macbooks are actually really good, can be costly, but they are much more stable and still fast and you can do just about everything windows can except game. Dr_Brocoli

Quite true, however now they can do a bit more since Apple FINALLY decided to upgrade from Napa to Santa Rosa for MacBooks, with the X3100.

I have never understood why people need laptops for college. The two colleges that I have been to each had computer labs with easy to access USB ports on the computers. Sure a laptop would be nice, but if your college has a computer lab, do you really need a laptop?jed-at-war

Yes, I definitely do. I live an off-campus apartment while attending UCF. UCF is a huge university with very limited parking. It takes about 45 minutes to find a parking spot. I'm not spending 45 minutes of driving/gas to use a computer lab. Do you know how big of an inconvenience that would be? Then you add in the factor of the computer labs usually being full from 10am - 7pm... I'd then have to wait to use a computer.

Not to mention the convenience of doing your work at home. I think it's pretty stupid to assume a college student doesn't need a notebook. If anything, that's the biggest market for notebooks after businesses.