Re: OT: Laptop for College Bound Student?
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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
Tom,
You can get a decent laptop for less. However the important question
here is what software is required by the college? Several people have
already mentioned that here. College may be using VPN, eTokens, Wi-Fi
security modes, various online teaching systems etc. which they (or
vendors) test in Windows only. I would try to find out such things
first. Are there any Linux-related wiki's/help pages/etc. on a college
website?---often these are created on department level webpages and
aren't really a part of the official support. These usually will
concentrate on such issues, for example
http://www.math.dartmouth.edu/software.
Sarunas
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