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Originally Posted by Halm
I think you will face two issues with a $500 big box, consumer laptop. First, these things take tremendous abuse there: drops, slams, spilled drinks, locked in the car trunk on 100 degree days, forgot I stuck it in the microwave.
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Because a $2000 MacBook Pro will never have to endure such abuse
I think all of those reasons are perfect rationale for why a cheap (i.e. disposable) laptop is a smart idea. Either a $250-280 15", or a $350-400 17".
Unless she is going to be a musician or artist or pharmacy-school-dropout, because then she NEEEEEDS her Apple fix or the entire hipster community will shun her and she'll never be invited to all the cool Occupy campouts.