What laptop should I buy?

I'm going to college soon and I need a good laptop.. not too big to bring along with me. I've looked at the new sony VA10s, HPs, Toshibas, Gateways, and even Mac books. I've never used Mac before but my friends say its better than windows. Which laptops do you reccommend? I dont want to spend more than 1200. *All I'm looking for is speed, memory, security.. I only use my comp for internet pictures music and school work. *

Answers:
Another good choice might be the Dell 1420. A very popular new model getting great reviews.

A Bargain Hunter's Fantasy Laptop (Inspiron 1420 Review from PCMag.com - 6/26/2007)
The Dell Inspiron 1420 is destined to populate the homes of school-bound teens, sophisticated and unsophisticated computer users, and just about anybody who is looking for a terrific deal. The laptop's look has changed (for the better), and just because it's priced at $1,099 (direct) doesn't mean you'll get shafted with cheap processing parts. It's one of the few laptops, if not the only one, that gives you discrete graphics, a surplus of memory, different-color frames, and a host of other features that usually cost extra.
Mac's are pretty good, but its a lilltle hard to learn...
but anyways DELL just came out with this new line of lap-tops which are great for ur buck, plus you get free upgrade of 160gb of hard drive and 2gb of ram, which is great! n all the 2 choices are wireless and i belive 3 of them comes with an built in camera!!
And the max you will pay on one is only $899 which if you get another brand you will pay lot more, and you also get to choose the 1 of 8 colors, even white, if you want to copy apple!
here's the link, check it out: http://www.dell.com/content/products/cat...
I hope that helped you!!
You should buy a Toshiba Satellite M65-S9092. I have one, and I love it. I would highly recommend it.

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