[Underscore_Hero]

Dell is wonderful. I love PC's. My first Dell lasted me 5-6 years with little maintenance.
I just bought another one 2-3 years ago and still running fast with no problems.
Agreed, it will help with all the other PC users with school. Good luck.

I second the Dell recommendation.

I have a Studio XPS 1645, Vostro V131, and a XPS 410 tower.

 

[Underscore_Hero]

Also, I'd go any PC over Macs, easy to fix, upgrade, and won't hit your pocket like a brick!

 

[Underscore_Hero]

I like the fact that I can sync to my Ipod wirelessly from Itunes, especially when im upstairs, and my ipod is in the jeep outside.

you can do that on PC lol.....

 

[Underscore_Hero]

I built my own this summer as well, after taking a PC Maintenance class for my degree:

Specs:
i3-2120
GA-Z77X-D3H mobo
8gb Vengeance Ram
500gb WD blue
OCZ vertex 4 128gb ssd
8800 GTX from old Dell XPS
Corsair 750W
Corsair 650D case

Cost me about $700 without GPU, gonna be $300 more when I get my GTX 660 Ti

 

[Underscore_Hero]

Just saying, you're gonna be spending more for less with Apple, if I had $1100 to spend on a Laptop, I'd spend $450 on my Vostro V131, and spend the rest for RAM and SSD (which I did already, super speedy now)

 

[Underscore_Hero]

Dell XPS 13 is about the same price, my V131 has backlit keys too. no GPU but it was $450