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What is a good basic laptop and wireless internet service to get for my first year in college?

I am starting college in the fall and need a laptop and internet however, I have no idea what to get laptop wise and I have no clue of what I need internet wise. I am going to be a business major so I really don't need anything to creative. Please help.

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1. just get a dell. They are inexpensive and good. Internet service should be provided by your school. You will need it if you are living off campus though.
2. If you want a laptop that will be sure to last for your full college career, you should get a Mac. Trust me--they're worth it. For once, you only need to buy the computer and software that you may need such as iWork (Apple's version of MS Office, which I've heard is much better and it's only $80 too) and an Adobe program, if you need one of those. For basic computer use, the MacBook would be best. For more of a professional that would need a laptop, the MacBook Pro would be the way to go. Check out the included links to find out everything there is to know about all Mac models, the Mac OS X and more.
3. If you are into movies and DVD burning, HP and Compaq computers are definitely your ticket. All HP and Compaq computers have a technology called light scribe. Light scribe allows you to make custom labels using your drives laser. You can buy these light scribe DVDs right at Best Buy. You burn what ever you want to burn as usual. Then you flip the disc over and create a label using the included light scribe control panel or Roxio Express Labeler. For the HP line, it has light scribe as well, and it also has Quick Play. This Quick Play program allows you to watch movies without loading Vista. This saves 25% of battery power. If you truly are looking for wireless Internet, you have 2 options: WiMax Cellular WiMax is faster, but it is limited to within a city or a few cities. Just do a google search for wimax state where state is the sate you live in. A list of wimax providers should come up. Cellular can pretty much be used where ever you can use your cell phone. You can still get some pretty good speeds. If you just want wireless in your home, just get cable or DSL. You would then have to get a wireless router. Make sure you enable the security properly on your wireless router. I can't tell you how many people do enable security, but I can still break into their wireless if I wanted to. You should use WPA2 authentication. A much simpler technology to setup is powerline. You don't have to worry about the security issues that wireless has. Check it out at http://www.cnet.com/4520-7390_1-6274537-3.html?tag=tab http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Description=powerline