[jrj3rd]

I would recommend you talk to the University store before you buy, When my kids went to college the School Tech store beat almost everybody's prices and offered great service. When my daughter's machine crapped out she handed it to them and they handled all the warranty repairs with the manufacturer, and handed her a computer to use while hers was out. I don't know of any normal stores would that would do that. Also software was much cheaper through them.