[Portuguesepimp2k]

school..its not for me, but i was wondering, whats the best for school, want to have a really reliable one, and one that could run couple of progs like aol or something and use word and winamp or something smoothly, light of corse, let me kno what u guys think.. leave links if u can thx!

[rx]

well if it's only for school and you're not gona play any games on it, Dell has the 600m line of laptops

http://www1.us.dell.com/content/prod...=19&l=en&s=dhs

but you have a wide range of laptops to choose from, it's not just one brand, gateway has some and so does Sony but I don't like Sony computers because I've had friends with bad experiences with their Sony laptops (they're only made to guide nukes around the world for revenge. just kidding. that wasn't funny.)

[hans5849]

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[Jamsan]

get her my laptop -- light, cute, and decently powerful for whatever she has to do (besides play intensive games)

[ivwshane]

Check out this place to home in on one that might suit your needs, notebookreview.com

[esun]

Fujitsu S6000
IBM T43
iBook / Powerbook

[trancosrt]

I decided to replace my 15" Compaq for a 12" iBook (I´ll see how well do I handle MacOSX). I´ve figured that an iBook does what I need while being lightweight and compact enough to carry it in my backpack whenever I need (I tried that a couple of times with my soon to be ex-notebook and let me tell you, the backpack weighted a ton with the laptop and books). My experience is that you need a laptop you can carry all day long without straining your back more than what is strictly necesary.
If your friend is a college student, Apple has an offer for students where they´ll give you a 4g mini iPod free after a MIR and knock off $50 off the price. Aditionally, a Dell with similar characteristics (12" screen, lightweight, 512m Ram, 40g HD) runs in the 1300's range and you don´t get the iPod!
I´ll probably get the goodies this Sunday. I'll post the results I get used to it, but I'm kinda excited about getting it for the time being (BTW, Sorry about the Thread hijack!!)