On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 08:58:53AM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > 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.
I love Debian, but for a laptop I'd go Mac and MacOS X every time. I'd even lean Mac for a desktop. At this point in time, unless money is *really* tight, I'd get a MacBook. $1199 gets you 2G memory, 1 year warranty, 802.11a/b/g/n, 1394 port, 10/100/1000 Ethernet, Bluetooth, etc. Add $249 for 3 years of AppleCare & warranty (definitely worth it, and many credit cards will actually double or add a year to the warranty period). NeoOffice (MacOS port of OpenOffice) is free and works well, or you can install Debian side-by-side and use OpenOfficee. That's without the student discount, by the way. The student discount brings it down to $1089, or $1272 with AppleCare. It also comes with a free iPod (8GB iPod Touch or 8GB iPod Nano or you can pay an extra $100 for the 16GB iPod Touch or $200 for the 32GB) when you buy it as a student. The free iPod is an online rebate thing. The student discount is available online, of course (look for the Education link at store.apple.com). (I do not work for Apple. I do not own Apple stock, but my wife does.) > Tom --Greg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
