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just to add another side... don't skimp on the power when it comes to
a notebook..especially if graphics is going to be primarily used. My
son had a PIII and 256m ram( state of the art back then) and it
struggled running Adobe products simultaneously. We ended getting a
desktop to use in conjunction with the laptop.
"Dick Sidbury" <drjamessidbury@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:2j8sh7Ftktg4U1@uni-berlin.de...
> me6@privacy.net wrote:
>
> > Nephew will be going to college next fall and all the
> > sudden his current PC has failed.
> >
> > Debating whether to buy a PC such as Dell..... or
> > build one.
> >
> > I can see merit to buying one that has "support" given
> > he will be away from home
> >
> > What do you all think?
>
> Well I'm the father of a college student (and a college faculty
member
> who teaches computing) and I say buy. Why because notebook
computers
> are flexible, powerful, and relatively inexpensive. And having a
> machine that you can take to the library or a friend's room or home
for
> the weekend to sit on the living room couch with the books that you
> brought home until it's time to go back to school
is nice. I
don't
> think that the ability to bring a computer to class is particularly
> important. And lots of campuses are wireless which makes notebooks
even
> more convenient. So unless you can build a notebook, my advice is
buy.
>
> As a side note this past year I polled the students in my computer
> literacy class and found that almost half of them now bring
notebooks to
> college. The year before the numbers were about 1/4 for notebooks
and
> the year before that 10% or so was typical. I attribute this to
> increased power and flexibility and a big drop in price.
>
> dick