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which laptop?
TheFuriousWombat:
as a graduation present, i'm going to be getting a laptop for college. i've been looking around and i'm not sure what i should get. i only have about $1,300 to spend so i'm definetly not going for something high end. but i don't know if i should go with the old standby and get a pretty good dell with ok specs, or a slightly inferior (hardware wise) macbook. any suggestions?
nihilist:
Go with Dell, and when you have a bit of spare cash (~200CDN) extend the warranty to five years and laugh.
8ilbo:
Aye, dell are good n cheap.
Warrenty though? Didn't bother with my laptop, because it would have doubled the cost - contents insurance is what I'm going for (or will do, when I get round to it =/)
Wow...just been looking at the US prices...your laptops are really cheap :cry:....$1000 is enough to get you 17" of Core 2 Duo glory...
Catfish_Man:
--- Quote from: 8ilbo on 09 Jan 2007, 04:05 ---$1000 is enough to get you 17" of Core 2 Duo glory...
--- End quote ---
They had to skimp somewhere to hit that price. There is no free lunch.
Also, laptop warranties are (imo) overrated, unless as Mike says you get a 5 year one. I've found most manufacturers offer three year warranties, and stuff either breaks really early (within the default warranty) or after the extended warranty runs out.
Some other things to take into account:
Resale value (at the end of your intended span of use)
Virus protection costs (iirc there are some free virus protection things, but it's not something I've paid a whole lot of attention to)
Software cost and availability (there's a lot of free stuff available for *nix systems [including osx] that can keep costs down)
Personally I went with a macbook, but I had a developer discount and absolutely need mac-specific software, so my situation may be a bit different.
8ilbo:
Free virus protection all the way 8-)
AVG is excellent stuff, and for firewalls, Zonealarm is...OK...I mean its a good firewall but as a piece of software can be a little sucky
They are both professional products which are free for personal use...
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