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well, its just a suggestion. just seems like you'd be paying more $ for extra weight to lug around if you go with a full lappy and youre only gonna get general use out of it, like email, web surfing, etc.
the only real thing i can think of is if that they need an optical drive, then i guess you'd have to get a full lap.