7 Best Laptops for College Students

7. Apple MacBook Air  

The new MacBook Air in both the 13-inch and 11-inch formats, are incredibly thin and light, even to someone used to working with very small laptops.

The 11-inch Air feels speedy enough, closer to a full-size laptop than most Dual-Core 11-inch premium Netbook. That makes sense, as the Core 2 Duo/Nvidia 320M combo is similar to what you'd find in the current $999 white MacBook (although this is a ULV version of the Core 2 Duo in this case).

It's especially interesting to compare this with the 11-inch Acer Aspire TimelineX 1830T-68U118, which has a low-voltage Intel Core i7 CPU for $899. The Acer was faster in our Photoshop and iTunes tests, but slower than the Air in our multitasking test. Though it's not as fast as a non-ULV laptop, the MacBook Air is about as good as you're going to find in this 11-inch arena.

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