EWC88

Hey everyone, its time for me to get rid of the PC cause it is extremely old, extremely slow, and is really not what I need. Now I'm not getting a PC I'm switching to a laptop because I don't have the space really, I'm a college student that will be moving out soon and dorms aren't spacey.

Now I haven't done much research on any laptops yet because really I'm not that computer smart ( meaning, I don't know whats a good memory to have or hard drive etc ) I'm hoping that this site can help me with that..

What I really want out of this laptop is: to last me awhile, be fast, not loud, and not crappy lol

To give you guys a idea what this laptop would be used for is : School work (essays, things in that nature) email, AIM, music, ipod, reasearching online, and I'd like it to have a dvd player so when I do travel I can bring it with me and watch a movie on the plane..

Now I've been looking at 2 brands: HP and Mac...Now I know some brands aaren't the greatest like Acer and such...

So basicaully I'm asking everyone on what brand and model would you suggest for me? And any info would be great to give about on what things to look at with laptops compared to others.