Good laptops for college students?

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Hey all.

I'm already the owner of an HP laptop, and I love it, but the screen keeps spazzing out on me and I don't feel comfortable saving important school docs on it anymore. So I am in the market for a new one.

Here's what I need:
$600.00 or less
Lots of memory 1GB+
Good battery life (for in-class use)
Doesn't heat up too quickly (after 20 minutes)
Quiet fan

I'm good with Dell, HP, Sony or Toshiba. I CANNOT and WILL NOT buy an iPad, Mac or Compaq product.

Help me out? I've gone to CNET, but it seems like they're far up Apple's *** and hate everything else.

bob · Accepted Answer

First of all mac osx runs on a UNIX platform meaning it will NEVER get viruses thus is much more stable than windows as a whole, and none of ur files could get damaged....

In windows u pretty much will get viruses which can steal ur school files, corrupt them, destroy ur entire partition (basically wiping off windows itself)....Now dont be a narrow minded as and do some research you idiot.

Or install linux,

Chuckles · Answer

Compaq went out of business years ago, The ones you see now are actually HP products.

Really, whatever is on sale at Best Buy will do. Just make sure you have Windows 7 Professional and not the Home Edition so you have XP compatibility.

Anonymous · Answer

Dell are good, and make sure it runs on the windows operating system, because thats probably what OS system your college will use and so itll be easier for transfering files etc and anything you might need to do between college and your own lap top

dudziak · Answer

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Irina · Answer

Asus

Ivy · Answer

Apple!

(a macbook)

great battery
nice memory
easy to use
doesn't heat up way to often
I never hear the fan

site:  http://cgi.ebay.com/APPLE-MACBOOK-PRO-5-1-MB466LL-A-2GHZ-13-120GB-LAPTOP-/180597516904?pt=Apple_Laptops&hash=item2a0c736a68#ht_1836wt_1141

on ebay, you can get great lightly used laptops for like $300 less

Adam · Answer

I found two specs meet your need; 15.4" Fast Dell Inspiron E1505 the link http://www.laptopsandparts4less.com/products/15_4_Fast_Dell_Inspiron_E1505_Dual_core_Laptop_Notebook_120GB_XP_Pro_sp2_Laptop_2Gb_Memory_Intel_Processor_Built_in_Wireless_1_Year_DELL_Warranty-29350-10.html
it comes at $475

and  New 15.6" Fast Dell Inspiron 1545 
the link http://www.laptopsandparts4less.com/products/New_15_6_Fast_Dell_Inspiron_1545_Laptop_Notebook_160GB_XP_Prof_intel_Processor_2_0Ghz_2Gb_Memory_Built_in_Wireless_1_Year_DELL_Warranty-9947-10.html

it comes at $599

Hope it is helpful.

Dan · Answer

if you want a netbook the eee pc is amazing, laptop go with a toshiba, very high quality.

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