Good Laptop for College Student?

Frank

This fall will be my first year in college, and i have begun to shop around for laptops. I am an Economics Business Major, but I am also pursuing either a minor or a double major in Political Science. So, i will mostly use my laptop for writing essays, working on PowerPoint's, and excel spreadsheets, and research. I do not want to buy a Mac or a Sony, as i have already determined them to be overpriced, and simply not worth the money (personal preference). So I have narrowed it down to Dell, HP, and Acer. I'm looking to spend somewhere between $400 and $750. I want the laptop to be durable (i.e. not breaking down every other day), portable, and contain good battery life and memory (at least 3 GB of Ram). Thank You!

Answer
Most laptops can handle that. But I can tell you right now you do not want a dell or an acer they're the two worst. Dell is a bad company and Acers are built poorly.

HP is a great brand, other great brands are aces, toshiba, compaq and sony. Not all sony are over priced I bought one six months age for $650 dollars, 4GB, great processors, dedicated graphic card and 500GB hard drive. You just have to know where to find them.

So here are some great laptops that will work for you. I only listed intel processors, as you don't want to have AMD.

$549
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HP+-+Laptop+/+Intel%26%23174%3B+Pentium%26%23174%3B+Processor+/+15.6%22+Display+/+3GB+Memory+/+320GB+Hard+Drive+-+Biscotti/9963407.p?id=1218202471651&skuId=9963407

$579
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Toshiba+-+Satellite+Laptop+/+Intel%26%23174%3B+Pentium%26%23174%3B+Processor+/+13.3%22+Display+/+4GB+Memory+/+320GB+Hard+Drive+-+Gemini+Black/1021504.p?id=1218210982057&skuId=1021504

$649
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HP+-+Pavilion+Laptop+with+Intel%26%23174%3B+Core%26%23153%3B+i3+Processor+-+Mocha/9705373.p?id=1218154380159&skuId=9705373

$699
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+-+Laptop+/+Intel%26%23174%3B+Core%26%23153%3B+i3+Processor+/+14%22+Display+/+4GB+Memory+/+500GB+Hard+Drive+-+Black/9964891.p?id=1218206200334&skuId=9964891
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Toshiba+-+Satellite+Laptop+with+Intel%26%23174%3B+Core%26%23153%3B2+Duo+Processor+-+Luxe+Brown/9553967.p?id=1218123209744&skuId=9553967

$759
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Sony+-+VAIO+Laptop+with+Intel%26%23174%3B+Core%26%23153%3B+i3+Processor+-+Icy+White/9705355.p?id=1218154377521&skuId=9705355

Laptop for College student?

potterhead

I am going to be a psychology + political science double major, I'm going to be need a computer with: great processor, bank hard drive, my laptop right is dazed and its battery life blows..

I'm thinking a Sony Vaio but I dont know which one...any general recommendations?

thanks for the answers! i appreciate it.

Answer
Your laptop needs seem to be fairly basic so you can get one of the lowest priced laptops you can find.

I like Toshiba, Sony, and maybe the HP/Compaq line. You can find these at Office Depot, Staples, Best Buy.

If you're patient, I've seen Office Depot beat everyone's prices on Toshiba laptops. I'm partial to Toshiba because I've used them in business for years and they built to last and can take a lot of travel abuse. Most people don't think about Toshiba because it's not a "younger generation" brand (like Dell, etc...) BUT it's a workhorse.

I've bought 4 different laptops for me/family over the past 2 years and have gotten 3 Toshibas and 1 Sony. I did not pay over $579 for any of them. 1 was $459, 1 was $525, 1 was $549, 1 was $579.

All 4 were 1-3mb memory, dual-core, 1.8-2.0 mhz, 160gb-250gb hard drive, 15.4" widescreen, 3-4 USB ports, media drive for camera cards, etc...

Just be a little patient, visit some local stores, ask them about when their sales are starting, look in Sunday papers for the sales notice, etc...

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