<p>Niiiiiice. My second sister also lives in NY but we’re not close.</p>
<p>‘Family Bonding’ being showcased guys?</p>
<p>Flying emirates is awesome but your connection from Delhi (assuming you are flying frmo there) to Dubai will be kinda a let down but from there on its pretty dandy.</p>
<p>I think I’m going from Cal? :S Not sure. I will check. </p>
<p>I think I might die from excitement before I leave.</p>
<p>Hey harvy!</p>
<p>^Hey Quasi! What’s up these days?</p>
<p>laptop help-intel i5 processor (any sub category eg 430m will do)
screen no bigger than 15.6 inches.
nvidia geforce 330m or better graphic card. under adverse conditions a 310m will do.
an ati radeon with a dedicated memory of more than or equal to 512mb.
a decent webcam.
no company pref.</p>
<p>there is this samsung np-r580 laptop within my budget which is <800$ as of now(may go up) but it has an nvidia 310m graphic card.</p>
<p>is the 310m enough???
helpppppp</p>
<p>my younger brother will have an older brother who loves him enough to even finance his edu if required !</p>
<p>@quasi how muh did it cost u??
one way or 2 way??
tippu harvard quasi gary aviator annirudhc help</p>
<p>Throw in a little more and get yourself a macbook. You will love it. Free iPod and a printer comes along too.</p>
<p>^Are you sure about the printer bit? I think I read somewhere that one needs to pay a little extra for the printer. I might be wrong, though!</p>
<p>@Ansrox: Dude, Aviator might be right! A lot of people believe that a Mac is the ideal machine for the college environment. Durability, longevity, comfort, style - you name it, and it most probably has it! Have you considered it?</p>
<p>Jet and Lufthansa have special student fares and extra baggage allowance too…</p>
<p>And no, you do not need to pay extra for the printer on the whole.
You pay 100 dollars extra and then get a rebate [by mailing it in] The rebate takes 2-3 weeks for processing but you do get the money back eventually…</p>
<p>I would advise against choosing a laptop until you reach college and experiment enough with Macs.</p>
<p>^ good advice. don’t forget to buy warranty when you get ur laptop - mac or pc.</p>
<p>Oh dear God. Did I check wrong or did Lufthansa’s fares actually go up from 35 to 50/60 K in a few days? :O</p>
<p>Also, jet airways thing has a 50% student discount. Is it applicable for students going to the US too?</p>
<p>^^^they still are 45,000ish for one way arent they??
gulf air are reaaaaly cheap.</p>
<p>im buying the samsung q430 mostly, atleast as of now. i cant add 2-300 dollarsz more.
plus , if i dont buy it as soon as i get there, my parents will, well i dont know what theyll do, if i dont have skyp e on the go.
14inches, really slim, i5 450, 4gigs ram, nvidia graphic card is all i need.</p>
<p>go germany go argentina go podolskiii go messi go kadira go oezil</p>
<p>go mexico!</p>
<p>^^^thanks for replying</p>
<p>@Tippu- it varies from day to day, but its def 5-10 K more than I last checked. Sense of urgency, getting my tickets booked tomrorrow 
The ISO starts on 1st Sept and NSO on 2nd Sept. But I will have my ITA training from 29th assuming I make it through the interview. So my move-in will be on 29th.
I was thinking about reaching 2.5-3 days before and staying in a ~50 dollar place until 29th. Most cheap airline combos cost 40-50K INR.
Sounds good?
Any possible student discount things?</p>
<p>^ have you contacted anyone from international students services @ upenn. generally, they are very helpful in finding someone with whom u can stay if u arrive there a few days earlier.
what about Rangoli? r they active?</p>
<p>Good idea, tipsy! I’ll try that 
No idea about rangoli :|</p>
<p>gary,</p>
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<p>hey ccerssss ;]</p>
<p>missed me? </p>
<p>i just came back from a wedding!
damn indians reallyy know how to partyy it upp</p>