<p>MitchKreyben, your post is especially funny since my son just graduated in … computer engineering! lol! Knowing our son though, it didn’t surprise us! Fortunately, he’s had enough of these crazy experiences not to panic (as much as I did!) The MacBook Air is one that he is looking at for his replacement once he gets his first paycheck. :)</p>
<p>I’m about ready to cave and NOT go with the school computer. My son wants a computer that will also be very good for gaming, and he’s willing to pay the difference. I feel like since we are relatively close buy, and he can take an old laptop as a backup, it might be OK (I’m trying to convince myself, and also trying to figure out how to deal with older child who didn’t get the better option when he went far away to school, but I guess that’s another thread). I just had to “vent” somewhere. All these college choices are stressing me out :(</p>
<p>1214 - we made the same choice, largely because the cost difference between UMD and other sources was significant, especially after some shopping/searching online. He will have an old laptop as backup and we are an hour away in an emergency. I might have made a different decision if he was a comp sci major but he is accounting.</p>
<p>Probably wise decisions for those of you who are physically close to CP. Us? We’re 1,100 miles away…it’s the UMD purchase for us! :)</p>
<p>Mitch… I did the same thing for my son who went to school in NY. This guy is within an hour and has a backup old computer to use in crisis. Good luck</p>