Laptops

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<p>Hey everyone,</p>

<p>So, I am planning on going onto grad school in the next year or so and my current laptop is having issues. What is a good laptop that has a long battery life (my current one had 5-6 hours and was more of a powerhouse laptop), is slim and doesn't weigh much, and has features like a built in mic (not absolutely necessary but would be nice)? My primary purpose is word processing along with some other office/ statistical/ image apps, nothing intensive like gaming. Price is also an issue for me as well. Any info is appreciated. Thanks in advance</p>

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<p>a new macbook
If that's too expensive, you could get an old iBook or powerbook for a half decent price.</p>

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<p>How much are macbooks? I am looking to spend $1100 or less, preferebly less</p>

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<p>No way! I have a macbook pro. Macbooks are fine machines but battery life is really sub-par and they heat up so much. They don't even come close to 5 hrs even with lowest brightness...</p>

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<p>Macbooks start at 1100$US.
I just checked on ebay, and you could get a G3 ibook for 500$US~.</p>

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<p>Maybe macbooks have a better battery life than macbook pros, so...
You could get a macbook for around that price. It's a good deal, only that it's a 13-inch wide display, but a lot of bang for the buck.</p>

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<p>I would look into the new Dell Inspiron notebooks that just came out:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.dell.com/content/products/category.aspx/inspnnb?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.dell.com/content/products/category.aspx/inspnnb?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>they're under a 1000 and looks like it might serve your purpose well</p>