<p>What laptops do you recommend for a business major (undergrad student)?</p>
<p>The brands I am looking at are Dell, HP, Sony, and possibly Lenovo.</p>
<p>I don't know much about Lenovo but a lot of people say it's good...?</p>
<p>I have a $1000 budget and I want a laptop with a built in webcam too.
It also needs to have good battery life, memory, storage, etc.</p>
<p>I’d strongly suggest Sony Vaios (which I use). You can get a very solid one for around $800 at Best Buy.</p>
<p>I heard from my friends who have vaios that they have low battery compared to other brands. and that is the only reason why my dad isnt feeling too hot on getting me one, or else i totally would cuz they seem and look awesome.</p>
<p>I don’t think the battery life would be a huge issue. You’ll find outlets wherever you go, dorm room, library, etc. Also, you can upgrade your battery life with Sony, for a price though ha.</p>
<p>get lenovo T400s or X301 or dell adamo when it’s 40% off at M$ store
you have to be very patient though.</p>
<p>I will bring my HP to Carlson next Fall :D</p>
<p>In terms of which is more useful, I’d say it doesn’t matter. They all work the same.</p>
<p>Simply choose the one you feel most comfortable with when at the store since you’ll have to carry it around a lot.</p>
<p>I use Lenovo T400. Great machine, great support. Lenovo is IBM spin off (makers of ThinkPad). The on campus support and turn around times are great. Downside - too pricey. I don’t recall how much I paid last fall but it was $400 or so more than what a Dell or HP with similar configuration would have cost me. So think about it.</p>
<p>Ok, I’ve limited down my choices. I was trying to limit down to one laptop for each brand but I kinda need help with that…</p>
<p>Dell Studio 1458
Dell Vostro v13
HP Probook 4310s
HP Probook 5310m
HP Pavilion dm3t
Sony Vaio CW Series
Sony Vaio SR Series</p>
<p>Unless you’re wanting to play video games or work with video/photo editing software look for these things:</p>
<p>Windows 7
Dual-Core processor, At least 1.5ghz
At least 2GB SDRAM
(if it meets these, everything else is preference)</p>
<p>Also keep in mind that with the bigger the screen you have, the lower your battery life will be and the more powerful your laptop will have to be to get similar performance compared to smaller laptops.</p>
<p>^Thanks! Everything I have above fits those standards and the screen sizes are from 13-14’'.</p>
<p>I recommend the dm3t most for its class of Pavilion. Pavilion is the first class for home and small office use while probook is actually the low cost class for office use, where Elitebook is the first class. I am using a Pavilion and my laptop works really great (for nearly 2 years, there is no major problem). For Sony, I have not used it but at least 2 of my friends experienced keyboards broken down in just 1 year using their laptops.</p>
<p>Ok I’m getting an HP Probook or a Sony Vaio. Probably the HP</p>