I too am in the market for a laptop for school. I am going into my second year BSc honors program at the UofA. What do you think of this laptop:
It is on sale at Future Shop for $1699.99 Cdn.
HP DV4040
Intel Centrino Mobile Processor 740 (1.73 Ghz)
1024MB DDR RAM (expandable to 2048)
100GB Hard drive (4200RPM)
DVD & CD Burner
802.11b/g Wireless
15.4" WXGA Brightview Widescreen
128MB Intel 900 Graphics (not too keen on playing games)
Windows XP HOME + SP2 OS
A Link to the product specs can be found here:
Future Shop
If I had any quabbles about the laptop, I'd be about the OS and the graphics. But since Windows Longhorn is just around the corner, it might be useless to upgrade to Windows XP professional.