-- Posted by guitarparth at 9:15 am on July 21, 2008 I have a computer for my dorm room, but I was thinking about buying a smaller laptop that's very portable so it would be easier to carry around. All I need this laptop for is basic usage, and note taking. Any suggestions? (I'm thinking ThinkPad) -- Posted by zenfusion1992 at 9:17 am on July 21, 2008 Buy a 10 year old mac laptop you can get for like 100 bucks or less, those will do good. -- Posted by skittybaby at 9:20 am on July 21, 2008 acer laptop don't get vista though -- Posted by scottyrob at 9:22 am on July 21, 2008 Thinkpads are expensive.. Look at the Asus Eee-PC. There small, light, portable and inexpensive! -- Posted by CoolGirlChrissi at 9:23 am on July 21, 2008 macbook air -- Posted by trishMAZING at 9:25 am on July 21, 2008 Dell Laptops are good. Or and HP. -- Posted by scottyrob at 9:32 am on July 21, 2008 Quote: from CoolGirlChrissi at 5:23 pm on July 21, 2008 macbook air Yeah, if youve got a fortune to spend! -- Posted by guitarparth at 9:43 am on July 21, 2008 Thanks Scotty that's exactly what im looking for! And so much cheaper! -- Posted by scottyrob at 10:12 am on July 21, 2008 Quote: from guitarparth at 5:43 pm on July 21, 2008 Thanks Scotty that's exactly what im looking for! And so much cheaper! No problems! It runs Linux by default but you can hack it to run Windows.. Its fine for web browsing/word processing.. I was looking at getting one for uni acctually until i decided i need to run photoshop/dreamweaver on it.. Its a neat bit of kit for the price but i recommend you try it out before purchasing.. If you cant, make sure you buy from a company you can return too because some people absolutley hate the size of it! -- Posted by jonny5 at 12:29 pm on July 21, 2008 If you go for a real old laptop for $100 or under some have built in printers. They prove to be very convenient. -- Posted by scottyrob at 7:54 am on Aug. 1, 2008 Quote: from jonny5 at 8:29 pm on July 21, 2008 If you go for a real old laptop for $100 or under some have built in printers. They prove to be very convenient. No laptops have built in printers... -- Posted by bryce101 at 11:25 pm on Aug. 8, 2008 Quote: from jonny5 at 1:29 pm on July 21, 2008 If you go for a real old laptop for $100 or under some have built in printers. They prove to be very convenient. yeah, doubt that. if u have a laptop all ready, then that should be find because any laptop is good for notes really. all u have to do is carry it to class, which isnt that bad. any laptop is good for taking notes.. portability doesnt have to be that big.. unless it weighs a crap load -- Posted by TigressaLynnMae at 2:14 pm on Aug. 9, 2008 If you go for a real old laptop for $100 or under some have built in printers. They prove to be very convenient Built in...PRINTER? Laptops don't have built in printers, nor are there any note taking laptops, decent enough, under 100$. Under a thousand, at that. Don't give advice, unless you know what you're talking about. I use Acer Travelmat 4060 for my essays. I use Jarte, instead of Word. -- Posted by emonkey85 at 3:27 pm on Aug. 11, 2008 i got the hp pavilion tx 2000. the screen flips around and folds down so you can take handwritten notes in the notepad program and it will convert it to text if you want. but it recognizes your handwriting and you don't need to bring notebooks around with you, or pens and pencils. it's awesome. -- Posted by TigressaLynnMae at 3:31 pm on Aug. 11, 2008 you don't need to bring notebooks around with you You gotta ask your professors, first, though, if using a laptop is acceptable in class. You can't just go into a class with a laptop, and assume they're okay with it, whether you need use it to type or write. ;)