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bokken · 05-07-2008, 10:02 PM

Sorry about such a long response, but going onto CC really takes away from most "productive" things that I do; eg. gaming and a few times a week homework. For me, the reason why I will always buy a warranty is that I had a Dell laptop once. Over 1.5 years, I had to get the monitor replaced, the hard drive replaced, the CD drive replaced, the keyboard needed replacing, and I had bought my own RAM to put in instead of what they included. For me, in that instance, it was really nice having a full warranty.

Besides that, the hardware looks good. When shopping for other people's computers, I generally am able to restrain a little and unless you were going into some serious class that is based around computers you wouldn't need anything too much more than that. If you can, get the 7200 RPM hard drive. You are able to tell the difference between that and the 5400 or the 4800 especially. My desktop has 10000 RPM and it makes a lot of difference.

But if your friend's version of office does not work, take a look at OpenOfficce.org. It is the same thing without some of the more extravagant additions, for free.

As other people are saying, a lot of the time you will not need a warranty, but the peace of mind is always really nice. With Apple products, my iPod died one week after the one year warranty ran out (one week to a month really. Never checked the exact date). But for $183, it will cover you for a few more years in case something happens to the computer.

But I would wait a few months before buying. Apple will be updating the MacBook sometime this summer probably so there should be better hardware and on top of that there will be the student discount. The student discount will be nice and help the price a little, so check it out and see what it has. If you want to buy it before then, feel free, but know that there is probably going to be another release before school starts. I do say probably as this is only looking at what the rumors and projections are. There will, however, be a student discount when its closer to the start of the school year. Free Nano as well.

Hope this helps. I will try to check this thread more in the future just to see how it is going.

05-07-2008, 10:02 PM	#9
bokken New Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 24	Sorry about such a long response, but going onto CC really takes away from most "productive" things that I do; eg. gaming and a few times a week homework. For me, the reason why I will always buy a warranty is that I had a Dell laptop once. Over 1.5 years, I had to get the monitor replaced, the hard drive replaced, the CD drive replaced, the keyboard needed replacing, and I had bought my own RAM to put in instead of what they included. For me, in that instance, it was really nice having a full warranty. Besides that, the hardware looks good. When shopping for other people's computers, I generally am able to restrain a little and unless you were going into some serious class that is based around computers you wouldn't need anything too much more than that. If you can, get the 7200 RPM hard drive. You are able to tell the difference between that and the 5400 or the 4800 especially. My desktop has 10000 RPM and it makes a lot of difference. But if your friend's version of office does not work, take a look at OpenOfficce.org. It is the same thing without some of the more extravagant additions, for free. As other people are saying, a lot of the time you will not need a warranty, but the peace of mind is always really nice. With Apple products, my iPod died one week after the one year warranty ran out (one week to a month really. Never checked the exact date). But for $183, it will cover you for a few more years in case something happens to the computer. But I would wait a few months before buying. Apple will be updating the MacBook sometime this summer probably so there should be better hardware and on top of that there will be the student discount. The student discount will be nice and help the price a little, so check it out and see what it has. If you want to buy it before then, feel free, but know that there is probably going to be another release before school starts. I do say probably as this is only looking at what the rumors and projections are. There will, however, be a student discount when its closer to the start of the school year. Free Nano as well. Hope this helps. I will try to check this thread more in the future just to see how it is going.