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Originally Posted by volvo9
$2000 a year for a shitty school laptop? What a god damn ripoff college has become. For that price I could get myself a nice laptop that would last me all 4 years, instead of spending a total of 8k to use their sh*tbox.
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Well the laptops aren't bad. You get either a macbook (not pro, lame) or something I think is called the Toshiba Portege 700? I chose the toshiba one. What you're really paying for is a lot of hassle-free stuff. Any problems and you bring it in, swap HDs and you get a new laptop. Stolen? New laptop (for $500). Damaged? $200 deductible for a new one. Plus it comes loaded with all the software.
Now, I think it'd be a good deal fi you didn't have to pay 2k every year. After the 2nd year you get a new upgraded one, but by the time you grad, you have a 2 year old laptop (and you have to pay like $200 on top of the 8k you already spent to keep it).