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I have good experiance with Dell's. The Lenovo's (former IBM) Thinkpads are probable the best laptops but the lower end models do not rise above the average. Brandname laptops tend to be more reliable than no name/general ones.
I would think twice before getting a 17" laptop, they are HUGE and heavy. I find my current 15.4" HP on the larger side for beeing on the move. A laptop with smaller screen and a external monitor might be feasible if you are going to take it with you to the uni at lot.
A fall-sensing hard drive is only important if you plan to be a lot on the move with it as most (laptop) hard drives park their heads when the drive is off so the fall-sensing feature will only safe a drive that falls while in use. (Either way BACKUP often).
If you are going to use Vista then a integrated graphics is almost a NO GO.
Hope this helps
ZB
PS: A 64 bit CPU needs a 64 bit OS and lot's of RAM to take advantage of the 64 bit features.
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