Mac air or ecafe hercules  for high school/boarding school?

which should i get? i plan to get a new better computer of course for college but i am looking for low cost but pretty good system to word procsessing and web surfing and skyping/oovooing

trevor232 wrote:
I am a High School student that currently has a Windows 8 laptop, but I want something that will last a long time and will be reliable.
Both a Mac or a PC can be reliable.  I have a 6 year old PC laptop.
trevor232 wrote:
I wasnt sure which would best suit my purpose for doing powerpoint presentations, word documents etc. I want something that will be portable and have a good battery life that doesnt have to be really long, but long enough to go a few hours without charge.
either one fits this criteria.
trevor232 wrote:
And anoher question does Apple give the student discounts to high school/college students just at the beggining of the school year and how do the discounts work?
All year round.  I went into the Apple store and showed them my college ID and got the discount on the spot.

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