I am a final year student in the UK and I have had a laptop for the last 3 years. Looking back I remember there being a huge price range in laptops and a huge hardware spec. The investment I was about to make was a monumental one! I narrowed my search down to 2 machines. A sony PC and an Apple Powerbook, both around £2000.
I chose the first 17 inch apple powebook because it looked nice, it was slim and made of aluminium and I hadn't heard of too many people saying they broke.
I have used it every single day since! Apples protection plan it amazing, and lasts 3 years for an extra bit of cash. Also the machine still runs fine. The specs on my 3 year old mac are: 1ghz, 17 inch screen, 1GB ram, 60GB hard drive, bluetooth, airport, backlit keyboard, all sorts of inputs and outputs, 1 inch thick, reliable, etc etc. People are still spending good money today to have these specs.
My point is, I think clever students might not choose the think pad. In addition to that they look horrible and dated already, what will they look like in 3 years?
Nick
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I am a final year student in the UK and I have had a laptop for the last 3 years. Looking back I remember there being a huge price range in laptops and a huge hardware spec. The investment I was about to make was a monumental one! I narrowed my search down to 2 machines. A sony PC and an Apple Powerbook, both around £2000. I chose the first 17 inch apple powebook because it looked nice, it was slim and made of aluminium and I hadn't heard of too many people saying they broke. I have used it every single day since! Apples protection plan it amazing, and lasts 3 years for an extra bit of cash. Also the machine still runs fine. The specs on my 3 year old mac are: 1ghz, 17 inch screen, 1GB ram, 60GB hard drive, bluetooth, airport, backlit keyboard, all sorts of inputs and outputs, 1 inch thick, reliable, etc etc. People are still spending good money today to have these specs. My point is, I think clever students might not choose the think pad. In addition to that they look horrible and dated already, what will they look like in 3 years? Nick