<p>Alright, well being extremely new to this board, I've already read a bunch of these laptop vs. desktop threads, and I've weighed my options. But, I am still obsessing over which to chose.</p>
<p>I have a 2,000.00 dollar budget (thanks to my five aunts chipping in on a check, for graduation.)</p>
<p>I've definitely decided on Mac, as I'm going to be an art major, and my college recommends mac over any other pc.</p>
<p>The things that make me apprehensive towards laptops are pretty much the small screen size, lack of audio quality (since I wont be bringing my stereo with me to college, I've decided that I'll just use whatever computer I chose to buy since I use Itunes right now religiously anyway.) and I've read in multiple reviews that macbooks overheat a lot. Not to mention, it seems like a MUCH better deal if I went with the 20 inch Intel Duo, 2GHz, 2Gigs of memory and a 250Gb hard drive for just about as much if I bought a 13 inch macbook with speakers, a lock, etc.</p>
<p>please give advice!</p>