kryzak wrote:
yikes, that's a long time! good to know since I should order it early if I want to get it before I leave.
Just priced mine, $1288 (includes about $100 of 3 year depot warranty). Is the warranty necessary?
I selected the 2.2 GHz, Fingerprint reader, Bluetooth, 160 GB 7200 rpm hard drive, the intel ABGN wireless card, and 2 GB memory (1 DIMM). Will probably buy sometime in the near future.
I think it depends on what you are into. A tough computing day for me means that my calendar, word, excel, powerpoint, firefox and thunderbird are all open. I might throw in a video on you tube or solitaire if i'm really going crazy. My IBM engineer friend felt like the extra processor wasn't really much extra, especially given my usage patterns. Ditto for hard drive. I hesitated with getting the 2g ram 1 dimm or 2. Decided on 2 just because it's unlikely I'll ever upgrade anyway. He did say, though, that if you're working on Vista, you should get 4g ram for sure, more if you can. 2 would be barely ok.
For warranty, he said he'd consider 2 years, but probably not more, and that 5 was ridiculous. Consider how much support you'll get at school. I just didn't want to spend more money, I guess.