OT: Laptop for College Bound Student?

[Thomas H. George]

The college is offering packages starting at $1,399 (Dell Latitude D630) 
and $1,499 (Lenoveo ThinkPad T61) all with 2GB memory, 10/100/1000 
Ethernet, Wireless, 1394 Port, Bluetooth, Vista 32Bit Business OS, 
SmartCare/4in1 Media Card Reader and Microsoft Office 2007 Professional 
pre-installed by certified technicians located on campus.  Three year 
warranty and 1GB Flash Drive thrown in.

Money is tight, of course.  If I were the student and there is a 
modest-priced laptop with Debian and OpenOffice I'd take it in a flash.  
I'm not the student, I'm his 79 year old grandfather and I don't want 
him to start off at a disadvantage.  There are certainly many college 
students and recent grads that subscribe to this list.  I would value 
your insights.

Tom


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