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<p>Those prices may be lower with educational discounts your D will be eligible for…or you can have your older college student S make the purchase using his educational discount.</p>
<p>If you must go PC, I’d stay away from Sony, HP/Compaq, or consumer/budget line versions of Dell or Toshiba. Instead, for the last…go for their mid-high end corporate lines(No inspirons or Satellites) or get a Lenovo. </p>
<p>Hardware quality and support tends to be much better IME. PC companies support their corporate lines much better as they don’t want to alienate their institutional customers whom they rely on for a lion’s share of their revenues.</p>