Is this a good laptop based on what i need it for?

http://store.apple.com/1-800-my-apple/we...
I should say that what i am using now is a Gateway desktop from about 6 yrs ago.

All i will be using it for is school (papers, research), downloading music, burning cds rarely, surfing the internet, and instant messaging.

I will not be editing movies or anything like that. I will not be burning DVDs so i don't need to get the next model up with superdrive.

My friend says to upgrade the harddrive to the next level but do i really need to if that is all i would be doing?

Thanks♄

Answers:
You seem to have a good idea of your computing requirements and this laptop is an excellent choice; it's more than capable of dealing with any task you throw at it. If you have no need to store gigabytes of data then yes you can live without a dvd burner - the 80gb hard drive will be adequate. Good luck with your studies.
Your link doesn't work anymore. If it's an Apple laptop, I use one, but you'll have to buy a separate copy of Windows for it if you want to be able to run 90% of the software in the world.

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