Should I Go For It?

[Teny]

So i want to get a laptop for college, and i asked about the Asus back then and it seems like it wasnt good.
I was thinking of getting this
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8967335&type=product&id=1216425209738
I was wondering if its good for the price, and if it can run things like MS Office, Itunes, and Mozilla at the same time with minimal lag. I noticed that the Atom processor is slower than a Celeron.
I am thinking of upgrading the ram if i get the money, and was also wondering how i install XP on there when i want to wipe the HDD since theres no CD drive. I was thinking of getting something like this (not the exact one)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812156101
and plug it into my system Via USB, can i install XP that way?
or do it another way?
Go for it or no?
thanks in advance

 

[Fanatic4Christ]

that laptop is a good deal and it should run those programs without to much lag and the second question i dunno

 

[J03]

You should be able to plug in an external CD drive - the bios SHOULD recognize it.

As for the multi-tasking... Im not too sure to be honest. The atom chip's are great for heat and battery life.. but they are hardly performance chips...

 

[drumthrasher]

I'm always the one who gets mad when someone else posts something else, BUT:

http://officedepot.shoplocal.com/of...OCn_5aptCsc43qNH&odserver=www.officedepot.com

Go to page 6/7, look at some of those.

 

[Austinn1]

Im in school now. And I have the laptop thats in my sig. When I bought it was about $550, then recently I added a gig of ram. The only thing I wish is that it had a bigger screen (17" would be nice). I dont know what classes you have, but I have to type alot of papers, and the bigger screen would be nice.

 

[Teny]

I'm always the one who gets mad when someone else posts something else, BUT:

http://officedepot.shoplocal.com/of...OCn_5aptCsc43qNH&odserver=www.officedepot.com

Go to page 6/7, look at some of those.

those are pretty much over priced for me, my mom is only willing to give me $300, and i have to pay the difference, i have to use some money to fix up my desktop, and i only have about $100 to spend on the laptop, so my budget is $400.

 

[canucks63]

I think for college you're better off getting a full sized laptop rather than a netbook. For taking notes and writing assignments, you are better off having that full sized keyboard rather than maybe a 80-90% full sized keyboard. That is just my opinion though. At best buy, there are some full sized laptops within your price range.

 

[JogaBonito1502]

I think for school he'd be better off with a 13-15.4" screen. Anything above that is a desktop replacement and will quickly tire you from carrying it around. You're not in college yet right? I vote you wait until you get there, then you can buy a low end C2D with 3GB of RAM and Vista.

 

[Teny]

i am in college, started school about 2 weeks ago.
its Pretty cool, better than High School.

I wont be using the laptop to be taking notes or anything, its mainly to give me something to do at school, or when i am out, and maybe type a paper if i am at a friends house.

 

[JogaBonito1502]

Oh I see. You should still shoot for a lower-end C2D. Look at some HPs if you could stretch out 150 or so.