Doesn't help. But at 1,000 bucks you can get the Apple and have choices of some thousand machines. Here's the Sony my kid just got and it's nice too.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002PHM0L8/sr=1-3/qid=1260374231/
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Bob
I DONT KNOW TO DO. I HAVE THE GRAVEYARD SHIFT SO FROM 6PM TO 4AM EVERY NIGHT FOR THE PAST 2 WEEKS IVE BEEN DOING ONLINE RESEARCH FOR A LAPTOP BUT SO CONFUSED WITH ALL THE REVIEWS. I USED TO A HAVE AN OBSOLETE BLACK MAC BUT IT GOT DESTROYED WHEN MY HUMVEE BLEW UP IN IRAQ. NOW IM IN THE SEARCH FOR A NEW ONE. I WOULD BUY ANOTHER MAC BUT I DONT LIKE WHITE. ALL I NEED IS AN APARTMENT LAPTOP TO CARRY AROUND THE APARTMENT ..MOSTLY GONNA BE ON ME AND MY GIRLFRIENDS LAPS
SO THAT MEANS VERY LITTLE HEAT. AND ITS JSUT FOR EASY USE LIKE WEB SURFING.. MY FIANCEES SCHOOL WORK, MANAGING ALOT OF PICTURES AND MUSIC
AND. PREFERABLY WITH AN SD SLOT. I DONT NEED THE FIREWIRE, I DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT IS. I DONT NEED BLURAY CUZ I GOT A PS3, I DONT NEED ALLL THE OTHER GADGETS AND GIZMOS AND SWISS ARMY TOOLS TECHIE REVIEWERS LOOK FOR. I JUST NEED BASICS AND NO I DONT WANT A NETB0OK. I NEED THE CD/DVD DRIVE. SO PLEASE HELP ME. JUST PLAN ON SPENDING NO MORE THAN $1000 DOLLARS. PREFERABLY LESS. OH YEAH IT HAS TO LOOK COOL. IM BIG ON LOOKS AS WELL AS AN IMPULSE BUYER ( SRY IM TAKING COUNSELING FOR THAT)IF IT LOOKS STYLISH THE BETTER. PLEASE HELP!!!!

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