what to look for when buying a laptop(for college)

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I am interested in buying a laptop for school, to take with me when i travel
to do my assignments. I want something affordable but also something that
will perform well.


any suggestions will be greatly appreciated

Thanks
 
Your question is way off topic for this newsgroup.

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Kay: Try www.laptopmag.com
Suzanne S. Barnhill said:
Your question is way off topic for this newsgroup.

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As Suzanne said, this is not covered by this newsgroup however...visit the
website for the school you'll be attending. I can guarantee that somewhere
on that site is the school's recommendation for computers. (I used to sell
computers and did A LOT of searching of college sites.)

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kay said:
I am interested in buying a laptop for school, to take with me when i travel
to do my assignments. I want something affordable but also something that
will perform well.


any suggestions will be greatly appreciated

Thanks
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You can get one at eCost.com for about $700-$900. I just bought one for
$780 & when I checked the retail, it should have been $2,000. It was an
HP Pavilion dv5130. I recommend Hewlett Packard

HP Compaq ZD8215 Notebook
$767.20 not including shipping which could run about $20
Comes with 512 RAM, can be maxxed out to 2Gigs
2.8GHz Pavilion Pentium 4 DVD±R/RW and CD-RW Combo Wireless Notebook ZD8215 (Open Box) In Stock, usually ships next day
2.8 GHz Intel Pentium 4 520 Ht Tech, 512 MB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, DVD±R/RW and CD-RW Combo DL, Modem,
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Wireless 802.11 a/b/g, 17.0" WXGA+ High-Definition BrightView (1440 x
900), Win XP Media Center Ed (Open Box)
eCOST.com Part #34066112
Mfg. Part #EC303UAR#ABAOBB1
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Next time, find another user group because this is the wrong one!!
 
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