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Need a new laptop for school, what's good?

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Shelly21

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I'm thinking about going back to school part time for a business degree. And using that excuse, I can get a new laptop. What is the cheapest I can get and better than what I have right now? (Dell Latitude CPx)

I need dvd and/or cd-rw (is that possible? a drive that's dvd and cd-rw?)
wireless network card (811.02b)

that new centrino would be good, but probably expensive. I don't think my tax refund would cover that. 🙂
 
I would totally get a Mac if i had the cash. Centrinos are also nice and probably less expensive than a Mac.

-silver
 
You can get low end Centrino based laptops for around $1500, and yes they are sweet.

I would much rather have a $1500 Centrino based laptop than a $1500 P4/Athlon.

BTW, it's 802.11b.

😉

Viper GTS
 
Dell always has great deals going on for notebooks, and I think they just came out with a couple of new models ( 1100 and 5100). As far as built in Wireless, I have heard conflicting stories about how good the range is on the cards the install in most of the laptops that have it. I think you would be better off getting a PCMCIA (?) card like an Orinoco gold...which kicks ass both for security and range.

 
since you are student, you can get awesome deals from apple if you join the sutdent ADC. you can get a 12" Powerbook for $1500 with 802.11b. Almost $400 off
 
Originally posted by: Shelly21
Thanks guys!

Shows you how much I know about wireless network. And I'm suppose to be a network tech. 🙂
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Hey, it's easy to juxtapose numbers. Just the other day I was talking about my new new 821 MB GeForce Ti0024 and somebody gave me a weird look.
 
Originally posted by: iamwiz82
since you are student, you can get awesome deals from apple if you join the sutdent ADC. you can get a 12" Powerbook for $1500 with 802.11b. Almost $400 off
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This is definitely the way to go.

I love my 15" Powerbook!
 
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