If you aren't going to be ready for a year then don't even bother shopping right now. All of the specs and prices will be completely different when it comes time for you to buy it.

Just try and save up $1500-$2000 and you should be ok. [img]graemlins/thumb.gif[/img]

 

Call me crazy but with all the "needs" you mentioned you pretty much picked your computer................. [img]graemlins/dunno.gif[/img]

Go find one with those specs........... [img]graemlins/thumb.gif[/img]

 

Or, you can be totally different and get an Apple.

Shields up, Scotty!!

 

all I could is the top end apple lap top kicks ***

 

yeppers, the affordable iBooks and entry level Poerbooks are nothing to write home about, but the top of the line Titanium G4 is very nice.

 

Actually Tyler you want a laptop with a Centrino processor, they last between 3 and 5 hours, a second battery will ensure it will last a day of school.

And for the hard drive,, if your always gonna have a desktop computer, network the 2 of them and go small on the harddrive in the laptop, like a 20 to 40gb, then just get a dvd rom drive. I don't think there is a laptop on the market that will not play dvd's these days..

 

your an apple guy??

 

very much so..... worked on everything from Apple IIe to my latest, the 17" Titanium. I've worked with every other model they've made - desktops, laptops, and servers. Familiar with all OS's from 6.x to MacOSX. Waiting on Tiger. Not many Apple guys around (which is the way I like it).

 

cool I right now work at a call center for apple and it's a good job and if you don't know tiger is out on april the 29

 

LOL the whole world knows about Tiger on the 29th

The print chicks at work all have Dual Processor G5's... im so jealous!