Question:
Highschool laptop
General Questions
1) What is your budget?
Around $1500-$2000
2) What size notebook would you prefer?
13" - 14", maybe 15"
3) What tasks will you be performing with the notebook?
School work, onling gaming, web surfing, dowloading movies and music, and photoshop work
4) Will you be taking the notebook with you to different places or leaving it on your desk?
Mostly moving it around the house... might have to take it to school if school programs don't support some of the software... and taking it to hotels when I have hockey games
5) Will you be playing games on it; if so, which games?
Online stuff
6) Are there any brands that you prefer or any you really don't like?
Lately I've really been liking apples (I've never actually owned one) I kidna like my brothers HP too
7) How many hours of battery life do you need?
3 hours is good
8) Do you mind buying online without seeing the notebook in person?
I wouldn't be allowed to buy online
9) Please select your country's flag as a post icon and tell us what country are you buying this in?
Canada
Screen Specifics
10) Would you prefer standard or widescreen?
Widescreen
11) From the choices below, what screen resolutions would you prefer?
Standard
Doesn't really matter, but I don't like things too small and cramped
12) Do you want a glossy/reflective screen or a matte/non-glossy screen?
Less glare is better, but I'll go with it
Build Quality and Design
13) Are the notebook's looks and stylishness important to you?
not really
14) When are you buying this laptop and how long do you want this laptop to last?
3 years or so, grade 10-grade 12 at least
Notebook Components
15) How much hard drive space do you want; 40GB to 120GB?
60 and up... more so up
16) Do you need an optical drive? If yes, a DVD-ROM, DVD-CD/RW or DVD-RW drive?
DVD-CD/RW
I'm kind of new to buying laptops... so far from what I';ve been reading and heard I like the features of the Apple laptops, but my concern with getting an apple is how comparable the software is to Microsoft Windows... I don't know if the computers at my new school will be able to take mac, or if they deal with wondows, so I wouldn't know what to do if they don't
Answer:
Re: Highschool laptop
By 'online games', do you mean the flash-based ones you go to websites and play, or 3D ones like Counter-Strike?
I don't know if the computers at my new school will be able to take mac, or if they deal with wondows, so I wouldn't know what to do if they don't
That is something you should find out before you make a decision on buying. Make sure all your stuff works on OS X.
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most of the standard windows word processing stuff is runnable on Macs, through their iWorks suite, which i hear is pretty good. you don't have to spend $1500 for the laptop you're looking at (although i dunno about canada) but you don't need an expensive processor or graphics card (although it would be nice to have them). i suppose you could go with a basic macbook and be pretty happy.
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Re: Highschool laptop
Compal HGL30 might be worth a look.