Hey, a friend of mine is getting a new laptop for college and turned to me for some help deciding. She wants to be able to use it for all 4 years of college. I advised her to stay away from Intel Accelerated Graphics cards and make sure to splurge a bit for a more powerful machine to keep up with stuff as the years pass. Most of the computers i showed her had about 3-4gb of memory and were between 1.83-2 ghz Duo procs. And all had video cards of 8600 or better. She said that all she was going to be using it for would be schoolwork, itunes, and probably video chatting with her friends/parents. Im not sure of what her budget is exactly, but i think she wants to keep it below about 1200. Oh she also wants it to be around 16" (not very many are made, so i suggested some 15.4s and 17s). Do any of you have any suggestions as to what laptop she should get, or any more guidlines to follow for future proofing?
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