<p>Sorta…wasn’t there this one time when Gates bought a crapload of Apple shares so that it wouldn’t crash?</p>
<p>that reminds me of Microsoft Office, somehow the Mac version is 50 bucks while PC version is 150, even though they’re the same thing…</p>
<p>yeah when the brick Ipods came out and weren’t selling Microsoft loan them money for 20% of the company.</p>
<p>really that weird just use open office</p>
<p>Finally ordered my laptop! Its a beast!!!</p>
<p>damn you’re lucky, still waiting on mine :/</p>
<p>Does anyone know how much a laptop direct from a factory costs?</p>
<p>I found a website that offers factory contracts…</p>
<p>except some seem to do individual orders</p>
<p>only problem is that you have to contact them, it’s not retail
[Laptops</a> - Laptops and more](<a href=“http://www.alibaba.com/catalogs/702/Laptops.html]Laptops”>Alibaba Manufacturer Directory - Suppliers, Manufacturers, Exporters & Importers)</p>
<p>And it’s from China…</p>
<p>…</p>
<p>I think it’s highly unlikely I might actually buy from a place like this, but who knows… very cheap</p>
<p>I found this …</p>
<p>[Gateway</a> M-1634U AMD Turion 64 X2 laptops.](<a href=“http://www.usanotebook.com/2608-GM-1634U-Blue_gateway_factory_refurbished_M-1634U_laptops.php]Gateway”>http://www.usanotebook.com/2608-GM-1634U-Blue_gateway_factory_refurbished_M-1634U_laptops.php)</p>
<p>tehlunatic, it has nearly the same specs as the MSI notebook you showed me earlier, but it has an integrated graphics card, which is somewhat ok</p>
<p>slightly cheaper…</p>
<p>it doesnt look that bad but i have never heard of usanotebook lol. It seems they only sell refurbished website. </p>
<p>Well keep searching 
you got a month left</p>
<p>The $100 Laptop:
[Negroponte</a> takes OLPC to Colombia | Video on TED.com](<a href=“http://www.ted.com/talks/nicholas_negroponte_takes_olpc_to_colombia.html]Negroponte”>http://www.ted.com/talks/nicholas_negroponte_takes_olpc_to_colombia.html)</p>
<p>puts tears in my eyes… <em>sniff sniff</em>
someday i’ll be a TED Fellow and maybe even a TED Speaker!! whose with me!? </p>
<p>(fyi, if ya’ll didnt know by now, mehedi watches ted lectures instead of porn. w00t!)</p>
<p>O_O Mehedi has no life</p>
<p>6 out of 7 nights, yes. </p>
<p>friday nights = life ;)</p>
<p>In all seriousness, I highly recommend ya’ll check out the TED Talks. They are a great inspiration of why we are going to college - what we can do with the knowledge we gain there, and where we can go with applications of the education… </p>
<p>Higher Education ftw!</p>
<p>[HP®</a> Official Store — Buy an HP Pavilion dv6-1230us Entertainment Notebook PC, espresso black (VH681UA#ABA) from HP](<a href=“http://www.shopping.hp.com/store/product/product_detail/VH681UA%2523ABA/1?jumpid=in_r329_personalization/browse1/PDP_PDP]HP®”>http://www.shopping.hp.com/store/product/product_detail/VH681UA%2523ABA/1?jumpid=in_r329_personalization/browse1/PDP_PDP)</p>
<p>I ended up with this one, just ordered on ebay and now waiting for shipping</p>
<p>The processor is a T6500 with 4 GB RAM, </p>
<p>graphics is integrated, but I’m ok with that too</p>
<p>Happy overall</p>
<p>^ 4gigs is juicy man! very nice!</p>
<p>Lol yeah</p>
<p>I’m kinda annoyed with Windows 7 though</p>
<p>arghh why are they releasing it in October, by that time I’ll have too much stuff on my laptop to reformat it…</p>
<p>staple has a 3gb 320 mb ram compaq for 350 after rebate</p>
<p>[Costco</a> - Hot Buy Toshiba 15.4"W AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core QL-64 (2.1GHz) ATI Radeon 3100 Graphics](<a href=“http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11481463&whse=BC&Ne=4000000&eCat=BC|84|56670|78129&N=4033838&Mo=34&pos=1&No=14&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&cat=78129&Ns=P_Price|1||P_SignDesc1&lang=en-US&Sp=C&ec=BC-EC10590-Cat56670&topnav=]Costco”>http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11481463&whse=BC&Ne=4000000&eCat=BC|84|56670|78129&N=4033838&Mo=34&pos=1&No=14&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&cat=78129&Ns=P_Price|1||P_SignDesc1&lang=en-US&Sp=C&ec=BC-EC10590-Cat56670&topnav=)</p>
<p>I used to own a HP laptop and it was pretty good. Its a fingerprint magnet though lol.</p>
<p>lol</p>
<p>Too bad I can’t get a cover for it or anything, too big</p>
<p>maybe a screen protector?</p>
<p>Yea screen protector is a really good idea. You dont want your keyboard damaging your screen lol</p>