Re: OT: Laptop for College Bound Student?
On Wednesday June 11 2008 07:58:53 Thomas H. George wrote:
> The college is offering packages starting at $1,399 (Dell Latitude
D630)
> and $1,499 (Lenoveo ThinkPad T61) all with 2GB memory,
10/100/1000
> Ethernet, Wireless, 1394 Port, Bluetooth, Vista 32Bit Business OS,
> SmartCare/4in1 Media Card Reader and Microsoft Office 2007
Professional
> pre-installed by certified technicians located on campus. Three year
> warranty and 1GB Flash Drive thrown in.
>
> Money is tight, of course. If I were the student and there is a
> modest-priced laptop with Debian and OpenOffice I'd take it in a flash.
> I'm not the student, I'm his 79 year old grandfather and I don't want
> him to start off at a disadvantage. There are certainly many college
> students and recent grads that subscribe to this list. I would value
> your insights.
>
> Tom
Wow, that's an awful lot of money. Do some shopping on newegg.com, I
got my Lenovo Y510 for under $700. 2 Gb RAM, dual core Intel, card
reader, great wireless, webcam, the whole nine yards, and may I add it
works great with Debian. I've only had it for a few months, but I am
unabashedly thrilled with my purchase, especially at the price (I think it
was a sale, but it was only $100 off or so, that's still well under a
thousand).
My point is not that you should run out and buy one of these (although I
do love it), but simply that a little shopping can save you a ton of money.
My machine seems to be similarly spec'd to the ones you describe (yes,
even came with friggin' Vista, although it never even got to boot it up),
for a great deal less.
As another poster asked, is Windows a _requirement_? With some
schools it is.
Best wishes-
Pete, who sure didn't get a laptop when he went to school... ;)
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