WHat kind of Laptop is needed (is best) for a compE freshman?

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<p>I see a asus pc at $600 - 15.6 scr, i5 2.3 ghz, 6gb ram, 640 hdd, batt life=9 hrs
<a href=“http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+-+Laptop+/+Intel%26%23174%3B+Core%26%23153%3B+i5+Processor+/+15.6"+Display+/+6GB+Memory+/+640GB+Hard+Drive+-+Lake+Blue/2712418.p;jsessionid=7D476DE326C7AC724DC8E5273DEC87C0.bbolsp-app04-49?id=1218346634378&skuId=2712418[/url]”>http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+-+Laptop+/+Intel%26%23174%3B+Core%26%23153%3B+i5+Processor+/+15.6"+Display+/+6GB+Memory+/+640GB+Hard+Drive+-+Lake+Blue/2712418.p;jsessionid=7D476DE326C7AC724DC8E5273DEC87C0.bbolsp-app04-49?id=1218346634378&skuId=2712418&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>and a macbook pro for about $1100 - 13.3 scr, i5, 2.3ghz, 4 gb ram, batt life = 7-9 hrs, 320gb hdd, plus the cost of a W7 license</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Apple%26%23174%3B+-+MacBook%26%23174%3B+Pro+/+Intel%26%23174%3B+Core%26%23153%3B+i5+Processor+/+13.3"+Display+/+4GB+Memory+/+320GB+Hard+Drive/9755322.p?id=1218169737492&skuId=9755322[/url]”>http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Apple%26%23174%3B+-+MacBook%26%23174%3B+Pro+/+Intel%26%23174%3B+Core%26%23153%3B+i5+Processor+/+13.3"+Display+/+4GB+Memory+/+320GB+Hard+Drive/9755322.p?id=1218169737492&skuId=9755322&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>It almost looks like one can get a couple of similarly powered asus pc’s for one macbook pro and the latter will have a significantly smaller screen. But the apple will have the apple on the cover.</p>