My daughter is a senior in high school this year. She's already enrolled in a local university majoring in Early Childhood Development. She also is an assistant manager at a Subway. So, I decided to really splurge on her this year for Christmas. I did my shopping for her this morning (online, of course) and got her something I'm sure she'll be able to put to good use:

HP Pavilion dv6500z customizable Notebook PC
Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium (32-bit)
AMD Turion(TM) 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology TL-60 (2.0 GHz, 512KB+512KB L2 Cache )
15.4" WXGA High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1280 x 800)
2GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7150M
HP Imprint Finish (Radiance) + Webcam + Microphone
Wireless LAN 802.11a/b/g/n and Bluetooth
160GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support
No TV Tuner w/remote control
12 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
Norton Internet Security(TM) 2007 - 24 Month Subscription
System Recovery DVD with Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium (32-bit)
Microsoft(R) Works 8.0
HP Home & Home Office Store in-box envelope

I also got her an all-in-one printer (with accessories) and a nice bluetooth mouse.

The total was a little over $1,200. Heh - I'll be paying for that gift until next Christmas.

Oh well, it's only money and she's definitely worth it and deserves it.

 

i would throw in Micorsoft Office or something like that. she will probably need it in college.

 

1200 bucks god damn you better tell her you want to see stright A's


I would be lucky if i got 12 bucks. :wink:

 

I got her Microsoft Student with Encarta 2008. I wish I'd had some of that stuff when I was in school.

Here's a link to it: http://www.microsoft.com/msstudent/default.mspx

 

Seems a bit pricey, especially since it doesn't have the Intel duo core. But it's still not too terrible a price. That 160 GB is gonna go fast. Vista takes up a huge chunk of it.

 

Not a bad price at all for an HP Notebook. Wife and I spent just over $1K for a desktop fully loaded from HP.

 

I've been quite happy with AMD's for years. The last Intel system I owned was a 500mhz slot-1 system. That was at least 10 years ago (give or take 1 or 2).

Ya - Vista is definitely a resource hog. I just hope that once they get the first service pack out it'll make it a little more "friendly". I won't even think about installing Vista on my own laptop. In fact, if I could've ordered that machine with XP, I would have.

 

Seems like you got a good deal on the computer. We have a Macbook, about $1500. One thing about the Mac, it didn't come with all the bundled programs that were useless. It actually came with a lot of things that are "add-ons" on other PCs, like we camera built in and ready to use.

And the memory does go fast, especially when she intstall Itunes and start to download the music and tv shows.

I needed a dad like you when I was in high school who would buy me a computer :wink:

I can't wait to see what my kids will need for college.

 

i think that would fit a new college student VERY well.

as for the price, you get what you pay for!! $1200 is high but my laptop cost over $1000.