<p>I'm looking into buying a laptop for college, any suggestions?
Under $1500, PC.</p>
<p>Are you going to have a Desktop and a Laptop or only a Laptop?</p>
<p>Only a laptop</p>
<p>I'd take a look at some of the Dell laptops, <a href="http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/compare.aspx/notebooks?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs%5B/url%5D">http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/compare.aspx/notebooks?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs</a></p>
<p>i suggest you go somewhere else and ask this question such as <a href="http://www.notebookforums.com%5B/url%5D">www.notebookforums.com</a>. they have a lot of ppl who know about this kind of stuff</p>
<p>thank you!</p>
<p>check out the apple ibook.</p>
<p>they look nice, are pretty light, really stable, easy to use, and last a lot longer than a pc (u gotta update these like every year and tweak pcs constantly for optimal performance)</p>
<p>the money for an apple computer is well worth it in the end, although pcs will be the "best" for less than a year until something new comes out</p>
<p>Thinkpads are nice.</p>
<p>i second the thinkpad</p>
<p>I'm interested in getting the same thing as you, orangepie. I've been looking for a while and I definitely prefer Dell. (They have the best customizing options from what I've seen) All I'm doing for now is waiting until new hardware comes out and the prices drop :-)</p>
<p>Of course, the kind of PC you choose will depend entirely on what you need it for. (I want a fairly graphically-powerful laptop, with a good vid card)</p>
<p>One suggestion: if you're fairly experienced with PCs and want to save money, buy your notebook without upgrading RAM (most manufacturers charge more than they ought to), then buy it yourself and install it yourself.</p>
<p>I second the iBook suggestion. I've had mine for just over a year now and love it. I feel no need to upgrade at this point, and I probably won't for years. It's still faster and more stable than any PC I've ever used, desktop or laptop, I kid you not.</p>
<p>thinkpad or mac</p>
<p>choose no other or you will be sorry</p>
<p>Ive heard that ibm is moving to China or something like this. Wont this affect the quality of their notebooks? What kind of laptop should I get for engineering?</p>
<p>If it does have a negative effect it will be several years off. The notebooks are the last things to get handed over and they should stay hight quality anyways.</p>
<p>For engineering...a PC (IBM) but you might want a desktop as you might be needing more power and upgradeability in engineering.</p>
<p>i just got an hp d1000 series i think
anyway, i love it
get it from the website and you might be able to get it at a discount or something, i did</p>
<p>I am typing ths on an Acer 2012 and I like it a lot. I bought it to take with me for study abroad. It's a good machine and doesn't get hot. The battery life is pretty good...about 5 hours.</p>
<p>if you get a PC notebook, just make sure you get one with a centrino processor. IBMs are supposed to be built like tanks, so I would reccomend those as well.</p>
<p>If you opt for a Mac, I ain't mad atcha...wish I had one....lol. But I am still happy with my PC notebook.</p>
<p>BTW, what is your major? If you are going to be doing a Computer related major you probably don't want to get a Mac since most things will be taught from the Windows point of view. But otherwise it's really up to you.</p>
<p>if you are doing a computer major it doesnt matter what you get but you will need access to multiple systems (via labs or telnet/ssh)</p>
<p>about the ibm thing...although the computer manufacturing division's been bought by lenovo...i believe lenovo is moving their hq to the east coast (as opposed to moving to china)...and according to "official" information...customer support and what not will still be given from atlanta call centers...but of course...that's "official" information...i.e. information they give out to try to calm customers ;-)</p>