An inexpensive laptop or desktop computer should suffice. Netbooks are cheap, but their small keyboards and slow speed aren’t ideal for college.

Joey Pena/Dell Inc./Business Wire
Car? Printer? Forget it.
An inexpensive laptop or desktop computer should suffice. Netbooks are cheap, but their small keyboards and slow speed aren’t ideal for college.
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