This is more PowerBook-related than MacBook Pro related, but look at the tops picks for student laptops. It looks to me like the author of the article needs to do some research on what's current from Apple.
http://shopping.msn.com/content/shp/?ctId=6117,ptnrid=175,ptnrdata=201601
http://shopping.msn.com/content/shp/?ctId=6117,ptnrid=175,ptnrdata=201601