Laptop for college kid 516
I've sent two kids off to college with Dell Labreastudes. Dell set up a great price for their college, with a couple of configurations in an online store just for their school...
Most students use a laptop for a handful of things: download-listen to music, talk to friends on AIM-email, and hopefully do a little research-write papers. For these tasks, a PocketPC is a poor choice (the only plausible one is communicating over AIM-email). PocketPC's are great Personal Information Managers (PIM's) but are not suitable as a primary computer. Even with an external keyboard, they're a headache to use for notes (screen too small) and don't even think about writing a paper. I mainly use my X5 as a Blackberry like device (checking email while in the lab-lecture, etc.). In clbutt it's useful for when the professor has posted something online (like homework, etc.) that I've forgotten to print out. I also use mine to SSH into my home computer or the school lab. Also it's a great place to record all your professor's office hours.
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