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I know this will probably cause some controversy with some people on this site, but I am sure that there are people here who use both Windows and Macs. When I go back to college in the fall I will need to get a laptop that runs Windows. It kind of makes me sad that I wont be able to use my PB G4, oh well. I am not sure what brand to get, I had an Alienware laptop that I used when I was there before, but it was pretty big and I would like to get something that is easy to carry around. I wont need the laptop until August so I will probably wait and get it in July. The college has minimum specifications that the laptop needs to meet.
Here are the minimum specs: • Equivalent of an Intel® Pentium® M processor 715 (1.5GHz)
• XGA TFT Active Matrix Display
• SVGA/XGA Video Adapter
• 2 GB Memory
• 80GB Hard Drive
• DVD-RW Drive
• Integrated 10/100 Ethernet adapter
• Integrated 802.11b/g wireless network adapter
• Integrated sound and stereo speakers, headphone/speaker jack, and microphone jacks
• Lithium ion battery with AC pack
• Extra Lithium ion battery
• Integrated V.92 56K modem
• Extended Service Plan
• Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional
What brand would everyone reccomend? Price isnt a real big issue, so I am going to get something that is going to last me for the rest of the time I am in college.
EDIT: I just got to thinking about something, do you think that by the time I would purchase this, which will be in mid to late July, that Windows will be more stable on the MacBook Pro? If I would be able to run Windows on a MBP and have it run stable and have no problems that would make it a lot easier for me, I wouldnt have to switch from using my PB and my Windows laptop, I could just use one laptop.
Here are the minimum specs: • Equivalent of an Intel® Pentium® M processor 715 (1.5GHz)
• XGA TFT Active Matrix Display
• SVGA/XGA Video Adapter
• 2 GB Memory
• 80GB Hard Drive
• DVD-RW Drive
• Integrated 10/100 Ethernet adapter
• Integrated 802.11b/g wireless network adapter
• Integrated sound and stereo speakers, headphone/speaker jack, and microphone jacks
• Lithium ion battery with AC pack
• Extra Lithium ion battery
• Integrated V.92 56K modem
• Extended Service Plan
• Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional
What brand would everyone reccomend? Price isnt a real big issue, so I am going to get something that is going to last me for the rest of the time I am in college.
EDIT: I just got to thinking about something, do you think that by the time I would purchase this, which will be in mid to late July, that Windows will be more stable on the MacBook Pro? If I would be able to run Windows on a MBP and have it run stable and have no problems that would make it a lot easier for me, I wouldnt have to switch from using my PB and my Windows laptop, I could just use one laptop.