<p>I have a Lenovo. Dells suck, I love my Thinkpad. If you don’t have a laptop, you will be unable to read Reddit in class. This can be either a pro or a con depending on how you look at it.</p>
<p>But seriously, I have the T410, it is wonderful, I would highly recommend it. If you buy a cheaply-built laptop, it will fall apart. I dual-boot Windows for when I want to play videogames and Ubuntu for when I want to do actual work. I hate the look and feel of Macs, though, so it was an easy choice for me.</p>
<p>For reference: I’m a junior in 6-3 and I’m on my second laptop. My Dell started overheating and shutting down randomly after about a year. My Lenovo has gone through way more abuse and is still working like a charm. I use it for a lot of coding / videos / browsing the internet - probably at least 6 hours a day.</p>