Just to make sure, is it because you anticipate carrying the new laptop with you to all sorts of places on campus?

I guess that is part of the problem... I'm not quite sure... my sister uses her lap top as a stereo when she goes on long trips (all her music is downloaded onto her comp.) and since my college is about 6.5 HOURS drive... It'd be a good source of music
don't kick me.. but what exactly is a PC Shuttle?