<p>I'm just going to get a nice 14 or 15" Asus laptop for about 1300.</p>
<p>Two of the most important notebook qualities for me is build and keyboard. The thinkpad shines in both. </p>
<p>O, and if your going to get a giant 17 inch gaming laptop, then you are probably better off with a dell XPS over a toshiba (they are both very good though).</p>
<p>I'm too fickle, now I actually want the Asus, ^^... I've looked at a couple of laptop rankings and the Asus owned them all in performance.</p>
<p>What are you looking to play pear?</p>
<p>Oh some fifa, nhl, GTA series, NFS and so on... maybe some scarface when I get really bored... u?</p>
<p>CS:S :D and maybe Assassin's Creed when it comes out.</p>
<p>lol... let's organize some lan parties at CU.</p>
<p>hey can someone tell me what the prices are for all macbooks?</p>
<p>^Will someone please do this?</p>
<p>can anyone give an argument for mac > windows?
i've always used windows, and have a sony vaio now, and am planning on getting another sony vaio this summer, but i'm open to getting anything</p>
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<p>are you coming to columbia? if so, dont worry about prices right now. know that the lowest one is probably 200 or so less than whatever was the lowest one posted here. wait until the summer anyways when apple has much better deals (like free printers/ipods/etc)</p>
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i've always used windows, and have a sony vaio now, and am planning on getting another sony vaio this summer, but i'm open to getting anything
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<p>some people like to argue stability. personally i dont agree with that because when a mac locks up its like a frickin paperweight and nothing else. although i suppose it probably happens less times than windows at least with windows you can always pull a three finger touch of death.</p>
<p>in my experience, mac tends to have better support (as long as you have a plan and/or are still under warranty). dell support absolutely blows and lenovo's isnt that great. dunno about toshiba/asus/gateway tho.</p>
<p>its a nicer programming environment if you are into that stuff</p>
<p>can always run windows and osx on a mac nowadays :)</p>
<p>eh, im sure there's more convincing arguments out there too, thats off the top of my head for now</p>
<p>Every time I've had a problem with a Dell computer they've sent me a replacement part in under 24 hours with no charge.</p>
<p>"are you coming to columbia? if so, dont worry about prices right now. know that the lowest one is probably 200 or so less than whatever was the lowest one posted here. wait until the summer anyways when apple has much better deals (like free printers/ipods/etc)"</p>
<p>I will be at Columbia next year and intend to buy a Macbook in June, but it would be helpful to know what the discount is?if it is in fact different from the regular academic discount?so that I can plan.</p>
<p>So these deals that come about in the summer (free printer/ipod, etc)--does anybody know when in the summer they'd be? What do you consider the best time to buy?</p>
<p>Also, with the the student discounts from Columbia, is it possible to get a decent Mac for under $1000? That's my limit, and I wanted to get a Mac, but I'm starting to think that a laptop PC would be all-round a much better deal in that price range.</p>
<p>You can get a free printer (with rebate) right now.</p>
<p>Can you order it through the university and have them place it in your room?</p>
<p>Here is the link?requiring a Columbia ID?with the discounted prices: <a href="https://www1.columbia.edu/pamacea/login.shtml?target=/sec/acis/sales/applepassthru.html&pamservice=krb&userfile=%5B/url%5D">https://www1.columbia.edu/pamacea/login.shtml?target=/sec/acis/sales/applepassthru.html&pamservice=krb&userfile=</a> </p>
<p>Will someone please check the price of the lowest level Macbook?</p>
<p>i see 1049 for white 1.83ghz intel core2 duo macbook, 512m ram, 60gb hd, combo drive.</p>
<p>just as a side note: osx NEEDS at least 1gig ram to run well. however, you should never buy it from apple, so overpriced its not funny. i just upped mine to 2 gigs for 150$ from newegg.</p>
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<p>Then it is not different from the regular education discount...</p>
<p>does anyone know what types are compatible with macbooks? i need to up my ram but i don't know where to get it from or even what brand</p>