My sis is about to go off to college, and she's going to buy a laptop. She's going to major in something computer related, and she's a huge geek, so something along the lines of a high-end Inspiron or XPS would suit her. However, she's looking at a Latitude Laptop, which is one of the small business ones. My bf tells me that business-grade laptops are meant to last, but not much else. Is this true, or would it support her geek needs? She's not going to buy it until mid August, as she's working and saving up money for it.
The reason why we're sticking with Dell is because of the discounts. Not only do they have deals like 30% off occasionally (I keep abreast of discounts. There are entire blogs dedicated to coupon codes), but we also have a friend who works with an affiliate company who can get us an additional 18% employee discount.
One trick I've learned about customizing Dell laptops: you can save up to a couple hundred bucks if you build up rather than buy the pre-made package. You know how when you go to a model menu (e.g. Inspiron 1505), they give you three choices: the baseline customization, the middle one, and the high-end one with all the stuff maxed out? Well, if you go to the baseline customization and just max it out with the options so that it's the same as the top-end one, then you'll get the exact same computer for a bit cheaper.
Anyhoo, I'm asking about how the Latitude and other business laptops are, as well as any other advice about getting a computer and slashing costs. Thanks.



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