I need a new laptop

[BarthelloSylph]

The reasons I need one:
I'm going to school in August. I need a laptop that's pretty lightweight and easy to carry around. I just need it for school stuff - no games or anything like that. Some room to carry music on it would be sweet but other than that, just school stuff - Microsoft office, wireless, etc.

What I already have:
Now I already have a Dell Inspiron E1505, with a nice video card, plenty of hard drive space, big screen. This is my home computer - and why I don't really need a new laptop Problem is it is a big, heavy computer. It is only one year old - which means it's kinda greedy to buy a new laptop - but considering the fact I am taking out 60k a year in student loans, what's an extra grand or two, really?

What's important to me:
I'm hoping to keep it cheap - because I am paying for it in the end - and I hope to do that by keeping it bare bones. But I do understand that lightweight systems are $$$$. I am more considered about the actually largeness of the system (height, length) than weight, though I don't want it to be heavy either.

So to sum it up:
Size needs to be small
Weight needs to be light
Extra Hard drive space = optional
Price needs to be cheap
No need for anything other than something that can access wireless internet, run school applications.

Any suggestions?

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[Ichthyos]

on average, dell laptops are notorious for shoddy components that fail after like 1.5-2.5 years. i would recommend ibm/lenovo thinkpad x-series if you want something small/light... it's gonna cost you a bit more but you're also more likely to have it last for 4 years.

[BarthelloSylph]

lol, Nice sig

My MBA program will last until May of 2009 - so I don't need this computer to last forever. In fact, it'll mean less wear and tear on my nice Inspiron so I will be able to use that one for a bit longer I'm guessing.

I'm not looking to get a nice computer, or spend a lot. I want a lightweight computer that's easy to carry around and can handle the rough handling for 2 years, while being able to meet my needs, which are pretty light.

Paying for brand names is not something I'm interested in. If Lenovo can get me a lightweight for cheap, then great.

[Semitry]

What do you consider cheap? I recently bought a X60s laptop for $1200ish with the cheapest HDD and RAM I could get then upgraded those from parts off newegg.

If price is that important, just buy from Dell when they have a sale/coupons type deal. Or check sites like fatwallet/slickdealz etc for cheap laptop deals that pop up from time to time.

[BarthelloSylph]

I guess anywhere in the 1000-1500 range would be cool. It's hard to justify spending over that when I already have a laptop.

Is Dell the only one that'll be hitting in this range? What are the others going to be?

[Vertabreaker]

Personally when it comes to laptops, I've always like Fujitsu. They make super solid laptops with a lot of features and they're one of the few companys that don't offer many laptops with modular bays(I HATE laptops that you have to hotswap CD-Roms and Floppys, etc because they always break).

They also have a bunch that are within your price range.


http://store.shopfujitsu.com/fpc/Ecomme ... =Notebooks