Best Buy Launches Laptop Line for Students

[tiga2001]

Why is the Asus U81A not listed? It seems like it would be an even better fit for students at 4.7 lbs., not to mention it's super-slim.

 

[Dekasav]

Well, at the school I go to, the software package is completely worthless. College has licenses with M$ and so I can get MS Office and MS XP/Vista for ~$7 each. And I have to run some antivirus, too (though I *actually* use AVG, even though theirs is installed).

Which means I'd pay $150 for things I can get for $20.

 

[dnaeye]

Marketing ploy for retards.

 

[meganfox16]

[citation][nom]dnaeye[/nom]Marketing ploy for retards.[/citation]
agreed

 

[Guest]

I work for Geek Squad at a Best Buy targeting consumerist middle america, and for many kids and parents who have limited knowledge about anything computer related, these laptops can and do serve a decent purpose, which is providing a ready-out-of-the-box experience.

But I wouldn't be caught dead using the pre-installed norton, or paying that much money for a laptop that can't s my d.

Anyone else stoked about Diablo 3?

 

[Guest]

well i still got my dell laptop running a Pentium 2 @ 266mhz...oh yeah baby
with a whopping 10 gig hard drive

 

[anamaniac]

I saw Dell, I didn't bother reading...

 

[annymmo]

The electronics retailer said that its computing team worked with students to identify most desirable features in a laptop, with these six characteristics emerging as the most important: extended battery life; low weight and portable design for easy transport; personalized design, yet professional; full virus protection; preloaded with necessary software (specifically a full version of Office Home and Student); and an affordable price point.

The points look good, except for two.

>Since when do students NEED personalized design as a very important point. We can write or put stickers on the casing to do that.
In fact most students already do that with their books anyway.

>I agree that MS Office is useful but you can go cheaper by adding OpenOffice.org which is free.
Using OpenOffice.org would help the affordable price point.
And OpenOffice.org has a database program.
Which the MS Office student version hasn't, being able to open and edit databases in several formats can be necessary for students.
This makes OpenOffice.org having an advantage over MS Office.

 

[rooket]

[citation][nom]griffed88[/nom]eww...dell[/citation]

I can't think of a brand that is better than Dell, maybe clarify? Most manufacturers make pretty crummy products for laptops. If you say Sony, I'll pretty much disregard the reply lol.

 

[rooket]

[citation][nom]blafrisch[/nom]The Dell says it has DDR3 RAM till you click through to the actual product page. Not that it really matter all that much, but it is false information.And what is up with the screen comparisons? Common users won't know what 720p means. They'll be like, "It's like a really nice TV screen," when in reality it's worse than all the other offerings on that page.[/citation]

DDR3 will do you no good in a Core2Duo, it has been proven on toms hardware reviews.

 

[omnimodis78]

"These students definitely taught us a few things and reinforced we are focusing on the things that matter the most to them.” haha what a load of crap - listen, all that Best Buy aims for is to get you to buy a service plan, a few accessories and a software combo deal (usually anti-virus program and Office 07). I know. You guys have no idea on the mark-up on most items! Laptop bags that retail for $80 cost $15, the USB cables that are $30 cost about $5. These are all staff costs, including a 10% staff purchase charge. Unreal!

 

[eddieroolz]

[citation][nom]cobra5000[/nom]I do believe you can probably play WoW or most MMORPG's on these just fine, thank you.[/citation]

Not if you have Intel GMA4500MHD.

 

[mrkenan]

[citation][nom]kaby[/nom]Free antivirus' are horid, look at any independent antivirus study/report and you will see that Norton and such will out perform anything free in any situation. There is a reason avg is not used in enterprise settings.[/citation]

If you put a system hog like Norton on a low end notebook, you'll have nothing but nightmares. I work as a tech, troubleshooting student computers at a college, and we always get a noticeable difference in performance by simply removing Norton. If you have AVG Free and then scan with Malwarebytes (free) once a week that will keep you clean without sacrificing performance.

 

[maxrt]

Ok so to clear up what some ignorant people are saying here. The choice of antivirus is Kaspersky, Trend Micro or SpySweeper. All three do spyware and virus protection, and it is your choice as to witch one to pick. McAfee and Norton are NOT EVEN AN OPTION, unless you buy it on the side from the shelf.

I love how people talk crap when they got no clue..

 

[maxrt]

[citation][nom]rooket[/nom]I can't think of a brand that is better than Dell, maybe clarify? Most manufacturers make pretty crummy products for laptops. If you say Sony, I'll pretty much disregard the reply lol.[/citation]


Well the last batch of Dells is better than the ones before it, the previous Studio series and even the XPS had 3 separate recalls for bad memory and defective motherboards, some of them had the Nvdia chipset issue and were being returned with BSODs left and right.

 

[rock_rulz22]

I would prefer Dell, but when it comes to budget then i 'll jump to Asus. It is good for student's because it's in budget. I refer to http://www.onlinenotebook.com/ for notebook.