<p>I plan on getting a Lenovo IdeaPad Y550. They have a sweet sale right now, so I can get it for $630. It has a 15" monitor, is super light weight, looks good (almost Mac-esque…), has 4 GB of memory, a 320 GB harddrive, and even a subwoofer at the bottom (awesome, right?!). I originally really wanted a Mac, but after seeing that I can get a faster computer for a lot cheaper, it just doesn’t make any sense. </p>
<p>It also should be noted that the UCSD book store only fixes Macs, Lenovos, and HPs. So you should probably go with one of those.</p>
<p>so anyone have thoughts to the dv4t vs thinkpad 400? i put the specification on above post.</p>
<p>@ahoyarielle: where ru buying the ideapad from? online? if so , what website? or a store? </p>
<p>@wowcan’twait: mm i think the thinkpad might be better since it has ddr3, and processor p8600
but, it only has 250gb while the hp has 320gb…but hp has ddr2 and a slower processor as well. thinkpad is 2.4ghz while the hp is only 2.13ghz. i think the thinkpad might be better for u, but i’m not quite sure how well thinkpads handle gaming :/</p>
<p>@lemonpie: There is a sale on the Lenovo website. First you get 20 bucks off, and then there is also an ecoupon that can save you a hundred bucks or so more- depending on the computer.</p>
<p>So, I go my Thinkpad T500 today, so happy with it:so sturdy and love the trackpoint and fingerprint scanner.</p>
<p>Thank you all for your wonderful informational advices. Slickdeals is now my best buddy but I used the lenovo contractor site to get the laptop. Drastic discount on the laptop (costed me $683.52 for the thinkpad T500 with free shipping).</p>
<p>and Christian, Hi five for thinkpad T500.
<em>SLAP</em></p>
<p>Cheers,
SYNCHROTRON</p>