Thanks for the replies everyone. It seems people didn't really find that a laptop helped too much, so I think I'm just going to stick with my desktop and tell my parents to use that money to pay for the twelve thousand dollar loan they had to take out. It wasn't going to be a fancy, expensive, laptop, but rather just one that could be used for word processing. I was thinking around $400, which doesn't seem much for this type of thing at all, but that four hundred can help in other places.
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Think of how you process information. Do you work better with a computer or pen and paper? Also, does your school have wireless internet all over the campus? From what I've seen, having access to it during class makes for easy distractions and lots of temptation.
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Yeah, I think I can work better with pen and paper -- at least in the brainstorming stages. And there is wireless internet, which did worry me for the very reasons you listed.
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Is the scalability a concern? The two major disadvantages of a laptop are scalability and cost. While they're getting better in both fields, it's still much easier to upgrade and alter a desktop PC to possible changing needs than a laptop. Laptops also aren't as good for gaming, generally speaking, so if you do or plan to do a lot of PC gaming you may want to stick to the desktop.
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Scalability really isn't a concern as I said I'd be getting a cheap one anyway. Secondly, my desktop PC is capped out pretty much and would need a full rehaul (motherboard is AGP 2x/4x and supports up to 2.4ghz processor). I won't be upgrading my desktop for at least over a year. While I played online games quite a bit during highschool, I'm going to keep gaming to a minimum so I'm not concerned about that. Anyway, I'd rather play games at my desktop because I hate laptop screens.
Thanks again for the replies everyone.