<p>Hokagesama has the right idea. I wish I had went that route. Now I’m stuck with this crappy Fujitsu that I can’t even take to class because the battery won’t last more than 30 minutes. You can buy a laptop better than the one I have (Fujitsu Lifebook T900) for around $700-800. The external tablet might cost you $80 at the most. With the $1600 you save not buying the crappy tablet, do what hokagesama said… Buy at least one external monitor and mouse/keyboard set. You aren’t going to want to stare at your laptop screen and use a touch pad mouse when you are back in your dorm. </p>
<p>You will prob. still save around $800-900 going this route, so you could actually get a better computer if you wanted. In my own personal opinion, Mac computers are the best. You could get one of the 11 or 13 inch Macbook Air computers for around $1,000 and then plug into a 22-27" external monitor back in your dorm. Would be a good system especially with the portability of the Air. </p>
<p>Just something to think about.</p>