Dell and IBM are the top laptop dealers in terms of price and reliability.
Anti-spyware programs are all free (Combo of Ad-Aware-Spybot-SpywareBlaster-Microsoft AntiSpyware is the best option, 100% free).
Anti-virus can also be had for free (AVG antivirus).
I would check to see if your university sells programs for dirt cheap (like Purdue who mass purchases the licenses most likely).
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Brian Griffin: Ah, if my memory serves me, this is the physics department.
Chris Griffin: That would explain all the gravity.
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