Re:As a recent grad... (Score 1)

Honestly, most college students don't play crazy games, don't do DVD editing, don't need massive compiling horse power, or anything that would necessitate dual cores. It's papers, music, and aim. A three year old hand me down from mom/dad/or the aunt/uncle's office/living room is just what the doctor ordered. Most of the time hand me downs already have MS office installed. As for spyware, generally one Mt Dew and Pizza package is enough. If the geek friend is smart he replaces all of the IE links with Firefox.