What kind of laptop should I buy? Iam a soon to be college student?

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I am going to be a college student in the fall majoring in Environmental science and have no idea what laptop to get. I am completely clueless about PC's. I want a PC that is under 500$ has a webcam. Pretty much I aam only using it to do papers and read my email. Plus save my around 2000 itunes songs. Please help!
If you can please provide a specific PC model i can check out. No IPAD!

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I would have to go with the iPad you can type your papers using the pages app by Apple, HD Video for crystal clear video calls through Skype, you can even buy a keyboard for it if you want to type on a real keyboard, and with iOS 5 you don't even need a computer to set it up, It also includes an HD screen and starts at 499

The only computers that are under 500 are netbooks. If a regular computer is don't expect it to last long, netbooks have crappy proccesors little ram, and really small screens. a computer under 500 won't last to long traveling across campus with all the hard drive shaking, skypeing on a netbook will be terrible because the crappy processor. but if you only need to read emails and type, a netbook may work. Because you are in college though I'm sure you will get interested in computer games, and watching movies on your laptop, which a netbook is not good for,

http://www.apple.com/macbookair/?cid=wwa-naus-seg-mac10-028&cp=wwa-seg-mac10-notebook&sr=sem

this is a solid computer even though it goes over your budget it is well worth the money and you won't break the hard drive in it due to travel across campus because there is no hard drive, there is a SSD drive which you can shake around all you want and it won't break.

here is another laptop with good ratings its the only laptop that toshiba has that is under 500 it may get the job done i would consider a ram upgrade, it is for kids so it has kid friendly stuff preinstalled you can uninstall that though.

http://us.toshiba.com/computers/laptops/satellite/L635-for-kids/L635-S3030

How much would it cost to build a pretty good gaming PC?

DrkWarlock

The questions says it all. I was thinking about building my own PC from scratch, one that can handle the top-end and future games and would like an estimate.

Thanks

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Micro ATX
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Side Panel Type: Vented, Quick-Release
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MMX
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SSE
SSE2
SSE3
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External 3.5" Drive Bays: 1
Internal 3.5" Drive Bays: 5
Expansion Slots: 7
Front USB Ports: 2
Number of Slots: 4
Number of Pins: 184-Pin
Front FireWire Ports: 1
Front Audio Ports: 2
Maximum Memory Supported: 4GB - 32bit
Memory Supported: DDR266 (PC2100)
DDR333 (PC2700)
DDR400 (PC3200)
Dual Channel Supported
Channels: 6 Channels
Audio Chipset: Realtek ALC850
120mm Fan Ports: 2
120mm Fans Included: None
Depth: 19.5"
Width: 7.5"
Height: 17"
Supported Devices: 4
Hard Drive Types: UDMA/133
UDMA/100
USB Version: 2.0
USB Data Transfer Rates: 480Mbps
PCI Slots: 3
PCI Express X1 Slots: 1
PCI Express X4 Slots: 1
PCI Express X16 Slots: 2
PS/2 Keyboard Connectors: 1
PS/2 Mouse Connectors: 1
Parallel Ports: 1
USB Ports: 10
LAN Ports: 1
Audio Out Jacks: 1
Line In Jacks: 1
Microphone Jacks: 1
IDE Headers: 2
FDD Headers: 1
Serial ATA Headers: 4
ATX Power Connectors: 1 24-Pin Connector
PC Power Connectors: 1 - 4 Pin
Fan Connectors: 1 x Power
1 x CPU
2 x Chassis
S/PDIF Connectors: 1 - Coaxial
Length: 12.000 in. (30.48 cm)
Width: 9.600 in. (24.5 cm)
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