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Laptops
« on: February 17, 2007, 06:28:14 PM » |
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Starting to look at laptops. Of those that have them, what features are a necessity, what are ok to have and what are a waste of time? Let me know your experiences.
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Re: Laptops
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2007, 06:39:28 PM » |
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What is/are your intended use(s)?
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Re: Laptops
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2007, 06:55:12 PM » |
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lots of RAM. minimize HD swapping
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Re: Laptops
« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2007, 07:10:38 PM » |
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Use for wife online school, so word, excel, PPoint, surfing. Movies and such when away from home on trips.
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Re: Laptops
« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2007, 06:00:59 AM » |
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Save some dough on your office suite and get http://www.openoffice.org/ |
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Re: Laptops
« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2007, 06:41:13 AM » |
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I'm tempted to recommend really, really long cables, but it's not my speed.
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Re: Laptops
« Reply #6 on: February 18, 2007, 06:52:51 AM » |
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I'm tempted to recommend really, really long cables, but it's not my speed.
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Re: Laptops
« Reply #7 on: February 18, 2007, 10:40:25 AM » |
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I'm tempted to recommend really, really long cables, but it's not my speed.
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Re: Laptops
« Reply #8 on: February 18, 2007, 10:47:09 AM » |
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I'm tempted to recommend really, really long cables, but it's not my speed.
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Re: Laptops
« Reply #9 on: February 18, 2007, 10:48:16 AM » |
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I'm tempted to recommend really, really long cables, but it's not my speed.
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Re: Laptops
« Reply #10 on: February 18, 2007, 10:51:25 AM » |
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When I was shopping for laptops, the internals all seemed pretty comparable and more than adequate for my needs (surfing, email, movies, no games).
It ultimately came down to overall size, screen size/shape, keyboard layout and mushiness, and price.
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Re: Laptops
« Reply #11 on: February 18, 2007, 11:12:39 AM » |
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i'm not 100% pro dell , but for the budget, and the ability to buy the 'total care' addon coverage (spill a drink on it and they have to fix it etc) i tend to favor them for laptops
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Re: Laptops
« Reply #12 on: February 18, 2007, 11:57:42 AM » |
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i'm not 100% pro dell , but for the budget, and the ability to buy the 'total care' addon coverage (spill a drink on it and they have to fix it etc) i tend to favor them for laptops
I am leaning towards Dell partially because of that but also because I have a discount through them. |
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Re: Laptops
« Reply #14 on: February 18, 2007, 07:15:57 PM » |
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I'm tempted to recommend really, really long cables, but it's not my speed.
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