Hi guys -

I'm trying to pick out a laptop for college. I'm really tempted by the new Intel MacBooks (dual boot Windows XP and OSX), but I don't know how economical they are. I priced a similar system at Dell and found it to be only about $40 less.

Is there a place where I can get a better deal? Any shortcomings with MacBooks? Rosetta? BootCamp?

Thanks.

Be sure to consider Dell coupon codes which can often bump the price on their systems down substantially.

www.ibuypower.com

I wanted light + affordable + alright proc power & hd space. I got an acer aspire and spent a grand on it at the expence of graphics (but hey, its a laptop). I take it to class with me every day.

Dell makes extremely large laptops.  I <3 the ThinkPad.

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Dell makes extremely large laptops.  I <3 the ThinkPad.
[/quote] Dell has a small laptop too though http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/entnb_710m?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~page=2&~tab=specstab#tabtop

Get a SHUTTLE!

Awesome, and relatively portable (probably not fit for notetaking, but pen and paper is better anyway)

eh... toshiba satellite is the best for general note taking because you just slap that mo into tablet mode and write on it. But mine is great for comp sci classes. I mean I can pull up the power point notes while the professor is giving his lecture (cough: start up gaim, get on facebook), and when he puts code segments up on the screen I can type them up right then.