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D'Eyncourt wrote:

Dell doesn't expect that the Inspiron's would be abused as much as the "real" laptops would be.

I've been using an Inspiron 600M in the field as a land surveyor for about a year and a half. No problems yet.

(boy, this will teach me for posting a message and then not checking it until after the holiday weekend).

Yes, she was in fact looking at a Dell Inspiron.  I will most certainly pass on the information about that model's lack of mobility.  Plus the information about the different chip sets.  A laptop definately makes sense in this case.  No, I'm not trying to 'control' my girlfriend just wanting to help her make a decision that she won't regret down the line.  Her feelings mostly come from a familiarity with Windows and not wanting to spend a chunk of money on something she's unsure about.  In the end, of course she's going to choose what she wants but having worked with both PCs and Macs and feeling that she would work more smoothly with a Mac, I'm just trying to show the alternative to the PC world.  She's not tinkerer at all and undoubtedly just wants it to work (honestly I can't see why the Dell has such an appeal...)  But thanks for the input everyone.  I'm not dumping her over a computer but having two apples under one roof would lead to a more harmonious world.

Just make her read the thread man, she'd know why we all like apples so much.  My mom has an inspiron that's barely a year and a half old, and i'm reformatting it when I get back from school, because it's gotten so bogged down over that much use, and it wasn't ever really quick to begin with.

you could tell her that she should get Apple laptop in order for both of you get an excellent communicate in webcam/voice with iChat.