What is the best Mac computer/laptop for a college student?

Unless you are running high-end games, graphic programs (Photoshop), or doing video editing, the MacBook would be fine.... If you do any of these, consider a MacBook Pro or desktop computer My sister is a science major and she has used he iBook (predecessor to the MacBook) for 3.5 years and has been incredibly happy with it As far as configuration: The basic MacBook is probably fine, but you will want to consider hard drive size, RAM, display, and the optical drive Hard Drive: if you have lots of music or are going to need a lot of storage space you will want to get a higher MacBook or pay for a larger Hard Drive... the basic MacBook comes with a 120GB hard drive, plenty for most users, but bigger is better... RAM: not an expensive upgrade down the road (buy from dealram.com) but if you start seeing that your computer is running slowly, upgrade the RAM.... Display: probably the only reason you might want a MacBook Pro is for the larger screen... the MacBook only has a 13.3" screen, which is pretty tiny, whereas the MacBook Pro has a 15.4" or 17" display.... but you have to consider whether that is worth the extra cash Optical Drive: the basic MacBook comes with a combo drive (reads DVD, burns/reads CD) but the higher models both have super drives (burn/read CD/DVD).... if you are going to make any home movies or something, this is a great feature, but once again, do you need it? Anyway.... the MacBook will be plenty fast, I would imagine, for your uses but the MacBook Pro has a larger display... so it is up to you (but I would go with the MacBook, based on bang for your buck--the Pro isn't that much better for 2x the price)

Well first to start off, depends on what you prefer. and what you'll use the computer for. Portabls: The macbook is a great computer especially when you configure the black one. Essentially though, if your a heavy user, you may want to look at the mac book pro. Better specs and bigger screen. Desktops: You really have to choces on this one. The mac mini and iMac. The mac mini is ok. But for what is worth, you may as well purchase the iMac. Bigger screen and better specs. As far as which way to lean, I know alot of college studnts stick with the macbook. Mac book would be a great choice.

Well, all Macs have high hardware specs because they have to display all the graphical effects smoothly. And since Macs are already over priced, I would go with the cheapest Mac Book (or desktop) that I could find. You might even want to consider buying an OpenMac, these are custom build machines (desktop PCs) that have the hardware configuration that works with the MacOSX (Leopard, or whatever it is called). If you are buying a Mac just because you have iPod and an account on iTunes, I would suggest you get a PC as you will be able to get more computing power for the same price, more bang for your buck!