What are the Best Laptops for Law School?

[minger]

Hi guys, I'm getting the ball-n-chain a laptop. She's starting law school soon and I think it will help a lot with being able to easily take data from school to home, vice versa, along with just giving her some more flexibility.

I was hoping to get some input as to some brands/models that I can look for. Things I'm looking for are:

• Lightweight and rugged (she's clumsy)
• Great battery life
• Full keyboard/num pad that's easy to type on
• Windows She won't use a Mac

After that, it just needs to be able to decently run Office-like apps and be stable (I know oxymoronic with Windows). For example, I have an Asus M50 with T9300 processor, which is probably overkill. I certainly don't want a netbook, but don't need anything high end. Most important are battery life, lightweight, and rugged.

Thanks a bunch,

 

[waht]

My preference are business class laptops, either Dell, IBM, or HP. They are a couple notches higher in quality than home edition laptops, and look and feel professionally.

Dell Latitude:

http://www.dell.com/us/en/business/notebooks/latitude/ct.aspx?refid=latit&s=bsd&cs=04

 

[minger]

Ah, business class laptops are a great idea. I'm not real thrilled about Dell stuff, but I'll definitely check out the others. Thanks,

 

[waht]

Most people complain how bad dell is, I think they are referring to glossy cheap home edition laptops which IMO aren't that good, but dell business class line is a different ball game. I have yet to hear someone complain about those.