Do you have advice on a laptop for me in my classroom?
Image via Wikipedia Tomorrow is "b" day -- the day I have to buy the new laptop at school for me. Yes, it has to last me another five years. The trusty Toshiba I got five years a go lasted until the backlight went out. I don't have a lot in my budget for this, but here is what I'm looking at right now. 64 bit Windows 7 8 GB Ram fingerprint reader Media card reader docking station (so I can hook to external monitor) Adobe Suite New MS Office Pinnacle 12 (Man, I love that movie program.) Ok, these are just some of the things and I looked at a Tablet PC but all of my machines HAVE to be able to edit video and the Tablets seem to have a lower power processor of some kind that has issues. Now, those of you who read my blog know that I don't really ask for too much, but today, I'm asking. Throw it at me -- give me advice. What advice would you give a geeky kind of teacher who doesn't have a ton of money ($1100-1200 probably not including adobe) bu...