Laptop for School

Originally Posted by RacinReaver

Shouldn't they be more willing to give a longer warranty as a selling point if they know it's going to last longer? =\

Probably because people are a lot meaner to their laptops after the one year mark. I took care of my Dell pretty well for the first year, but now I'm tossing it about and putting in bad positions ie, on the edges of desks or the trunk of my car. And Apple wants to make money. Even if their laptops are "better made aka by ASUS," shit happens. Three years a long time and I bet somewhere along the line, some people are going to run into breakage. One year, maybe not so much. I assume that if they're unwilling to do a longer warranty means the marketing potential versus profit comparison is showing that they'd rather save from the extra two years they aren't providing warranty service.

I would have suggested a shitty laptop for 600 dollars because you aren't using it for much. I mean, word processing and exam taking isn't going to require much. Law school is only three years, so you can toss that piece of crap after you're done. You have a nicer desktop for everything else.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by BlueMikey

I thought about that, but I'm going to be using it all the time. I wouldn't want a $2000 tablet or anything like that right now, but I'll probably be unhappy with my purchase if I use this nice, fast PC at night and don't have something at least somewhat comparable when I go to school in the morning.

A MacBook Pro is approximately 1800 to 2000 dollars. However, you do get $300 worth of extras (iPod Nano and the Printer) which is a good deal. I'd suggest going for the All-In-Ones than the photo-oriented ones. You may have to fork over $50, but scanning/copying is a wonderful tool.

I'm going to suggest a smaller laptop, and go for the regular MacBook. The smaller screen may offer less visual real estate, but lugging at 15'' is annoying. I also feel the MacBooks are more competitively priced than the MacBook Pros. I can easily find an HP or Dell laptop that is cheaper than a MacBook Pro, but finding one that's the same price as a Macbook is harder to do and you'll have to depend on Dell's random coupons and whatnot.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Wait, don't forget your accessories! You must have a Black Turtleneck sweater and a black beret.

Fucking hippies.

More importantly, did you get a Mighty Mouse? And did you NOT order Mac Office 2004? Because if you did, return that shit and wait for Mac Office 2008.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I forgot to add that Mighty Mouses suck in general. I don't understand that tiny nub of a scroll well, even if it can scroll horizontally. I prefer Microsoft mice because I've abused mine to hell and it still ticks.

Don't use Open Office, use NeoOffice.

How ya doing, buddy?