<p>What is the best college laptop out now??</p>
<p>I'm looking for something that is affordable (no more than 1000), very portable, tough (resist to viruses, etc), has good internet connection, and has great battery life.</p>
<p>Since you didn’t mention user-friendliness I’d suggest lenovo thinkpad t-61 with linux pre-installed. It is on sale for less than $1000 (get a bigger battery it’s still less than $1000).</p>
<p>I dunno if this has great battery life (last I heard, it was around 3 hours worth of life), but the new Asus Eee PC has all of those things that you suggested. It uses Linux, which the new version has invulnerability to NSA standards, internet connection is fine (I dunno really how you can have a connection better or worse besides using different types of connection), ultraportable (seriously, google a picture of this thing, it can fit into some pockets), and affordable (I think it runs somewhere between 200 and 400 dollars. No joke).</p>
<p>Thanks. </p>
<p>I looked up the Lenovo Thinkpad t61 and it got really good reviews. The only bad thing is that a couple of users complained about the speakers and the quality of sounds.</p>
<p>I liked the Asus Eee PC but it was soooo small… a little bit too small for me. :)</p>
<p>If you want a $999 computer that is virus-free, the best choice is a MacBook. It’s much more user-friendly than a Linux computer (for a non-computer geek) and is officially supported by the University.</p>
<p>Plus it’s $999!</p>
<p>^I’m echoing ilovebagels. </p>
<p>If you want a portable and virus-free laptop get the MacBook!</p>
<p>Plus bagels is the Apple shill on campus!</p>
<p>I’m flattered, mattwonder 
But now I work for the Penn Computer Connection, not Apple.</p>
<p>While I’d love to take credit for Apple’s explosion in popularity on the Penn campus, I’m afraid I can’t.</p>
<p>Who really deserves credit for it? Windows Vista. Honestly, nothing sells Macs like Vista.</p>
<p>For the first time since the 1980s, the Computer Connection is selling more Macs than PCs. Booyah!</p>
<p>Seriously, get a Mac. The most common concerns seem to be incompatibility with Windows programs and lack of tech support, but not problems here. This is unofficial, but looking around the library I would say about 50% of people here have Macs. Macbooks are lighter than their PC counterparts (at least the most common ones I’ve seen) and RIDICULOUSLY TOUGH. Obviously no viruses, etc…to kill one of these I think you’d literally have to throw it on the floor.</p>
<p>actually from what i’ve heard, macbooks even withstand falls from heights of up to 10 feet</p>
<p>Is it mainly the college kids who are buying up the macs? I’m guessing that wharton students go the windows route? adf8, are you saying that incompatibility/lack of tech support aren’t problems at Penn?</p>
<p>well as far as compatibility’s concerned, mac users have boot camp / parallels</p>
<p>itas (tech support) help out with problems on macs</p>
<p>They do survive falls- that’s why the extra force of a throw would be required.</p>
<p>Probably a higher percentage of College students have Macs that the other schools but it really doesn’t matter. Even in the College it’s quite possible you’ll take a class where a program will only run on Windows. It’s just not worth it to base a computer decision on one or two classes (unless you’re in engineering- I’ve heard it’s harder to have a Mac than in Wharton) I know a lot of Wharton students with Macs and none of them seem to regret it. It’s not just a few people- it’s a substantial minority. You’ll only need Windows for a few classes and a lot of them are group-project sort of things.</p>
<p>And yes, I’m saying lack of tech support isn’t a problem here. Considering that almost half the campus uses Macs, there is a ton of support for them.</p>
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<p>Macs will do you fine - I’m not overly impressed with the build quality compared to my T61 though. Just wait until the Computer Connection sends you a pamphlet with all the new deals they have (most of which are pretty damn good)</p>
<p>ladies tend to be impressed by macs. that’s my only criteria. every girl blows her metaphorical load for macbooks</p>
<p>Yeah, so get the MacBook. If you want to run Windows on it, you need to buy Windows. Now you should buy Windows XP instead of Vista, because Vista is a) expensive and b) terrible. The Computer Connection no longer sells copies of XP to individuals, so a good place to get it is newegg.com. XP Pro is $130</p>
<p>lol yeah “buy” windows LOL. why are you giving this dude horrible advice. meng would be ashamed</p>
<p>For legal reasons, I can’t blatantly encourage people to engage in piracy ;)</p>
<p>If you have a Mac you’ll have to go to a computer lab sometimes to use Windows, and exchanging graphics seems to be a common problem. But a lot of people still have Macs and they don’t seem to mind. It’s definitely still very popular among Wharton students (though the school officially recommends PC’s so they’re more popular overall), so you still have a choice.</p>
<p>If you’re going to get a PC then DEFINITELY make sure you have Office 07 because a lot of people send files in 07 formats - whether it’s a professor who doesn’t know the difference or another student who forgets to convert it.</p>
<p>I actually tried a mac for the first time yesterday and it was so weird. There was no right click button and the boxes keep going in and out… it was so hard!!!</p>