[Nacho_Man]

I thought about getting an ipaq or dell thingy, but I decided that I would want a laptop. Two reasons. 1, I am going into computer engineering, and my first semester at Michigan will have a class that is all programing, and 2 I want something that can do more than type, not like game, but like for powerpoint or something along those lines. I thought about a mac, but programming would be rather difficult, so I looked at pc's. I dont need anything high end, like I said, that is what my desktop is for, Im just wondering which works best, like the lifetime of the thing and battery life. Thanks for the advice.

[Nacho_Man]

One more thing, which processor should I go for? Once again, Im not looking for performance, but I would like to know, which one is less "power hungry" I onviously wanna optimize battery life, so which should I get, and AthlonXP or a Celeron?

[Bazooka_Joe]

Celeron is ideal for word-processing, office material. So, if you plan on using it strictly on that, this would be fine. Probably cheaper, too.