Best Laptops

[biggame]

    *  Thinkpad T61
    * Thinkpad T400
    * Thinkpad T500


These are one of the laptops I need to buy for school. Which one is the best and why? Which one would you choose to buy?

[thinkblue]

Would anyone recommend Macs?

[porkandbeans]

bump.

hey 1L's....what do you think of the PC v. Mac debate?

My feeling is that it makes sense to get used to using a pc, since the odds are good that those are the machines that we will be using after graduation.

thoughts?

[Em Woods]

 I'd agree with going to PC route. I know they've made strides, but a lot of campuses aren't really Apple friendly. And even if yours is, most businesses use PCS (anyone notice a lot of places buy Dell? Our courthouse only buys those). I've heard a lot of good things about Macs, but I like to stick with what everyone else is using so it's more comaptable for everyone involved.

[steezi]

I know that Macs can be booted with Windows too. Would a Mac with Windows be just as suitable as a PC? This way you could get the best of both worlds?

[wcombs65]

A Mac will have better basic hardware and with the ability to run Windows I think it's the way to go.  OS X for pleasure.  Vista for business.

[JeNeSaisLaw]

I'd buy the T61 (mine is currently in Kentucky and should be here in two days...I love UPS tracking).

They're a great price right now at lenovo.com and you can insist that they lower the price even more (I had a lot of success doing this).

[Shellby117]

I'd buy the T61 (mine is currently in Kentucky and should be here in two days...I love UPS tracking).

They're a great price right now at lenovo.com and you can insist that they lower the price even more (I had a lot of success doing this).

How did you get them to lower the price. I was just about to order the T61 with just the education discount, how much more did you get off?

[JeNeSaisLaw]

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I then found out that my mom gets a realtor discount, so I'm battling with them right now to get that applied to my discounted price. As for how I got my discount, I just kept talking to different people and told them that I saw a better price earlier in the day (which I had) and that it changed during my session.

I expect the new price to be ~$1400 before tax once they get back to me (got an update email that they were working on it last night).

[porkandbeans]

I'd agree with going to PC route. I know they've made strides, but a lot of campuses aren't really Apple friendly. And even if yours is, most businesses use PCS (anyone notice a lot of places buy Dell? Our courthouse only buys those). I've heard a lot of good things about Macs, but I like to stick with what everyone else is using so it's more comaptable for everyone involved.

my firm uses dells.