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COMPUTER HELP-Looking to buy a laptop computer. (VANITY)
09/07/06 | MotleyGirl70

Posted on 09/07/2006 7:39:01 AM PDT by MotleyGirl70

My niece is a nursing student in Tucson, AZ and I need help guiding her as to which laptop she needs to buy.

She needs the basics for now; MS Word and Excel to do her homework on.

A computer that is very resonably priced and of good quality is the goal.


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: laptopcomputers; laptops
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To: freedumb2003

Addt for SyncToy? I presume you can move from cigar drive to main drive for drap and pastes?


81 posted on 09/07/2006 12:00:29 PM PDT by MHGinTN (If you can read this, you've had life support from someone. Promote life support for others.)
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To: freedumb2003

BTW, thanks so much for the advice ... as easily seen, I'm technoilliterate.


82 posted on 09/07/2006 12:03:28 PM PDT by MHGinTN (If you can read this, you've had life support from someone. Promote life support for others.)
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To: MHGinTN

You can do that -- but syncing is nice when you do a bunch of work and just want the system to keep it in sync. It is especially good when I get it home to my "computer center" and I sync up to my big desktop.

I wrote a DOS batch file that will recognize my drives by name and always mount them to the same drive letter. It has been a big help.


83 posted on 09/07/2006 12:04:15 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (the war on poverty should include health club memberships for the morbidly poor)
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To: MHGinTN

Glad to help -- ping or FReepmail me any time.


84 posted on 09/07/2006 12:04:48 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (the war on poverty should include health club memberships for the morbidly poor)
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To: Larry Lucido
An HP or Compaq has those foot things that would dig in better.

How about a Toshiba? Now THERE was good anchor material (the older ones).

85 posted on 09/07/2006 12:05:49 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (the war on poverty should include health club memberships for the morbidly poor)
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To: freedumb2003; MotleyGirl70; Mr. Brightside; Cagey

True, but for anchoring anything larger than a rowboat I'd skip PC's altogether and go right to the 12,000 BTU Commando 8. But I'd be careful about the cord - they tend to snap.


86 posted on 09/07/2006 12:10:30 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: MotleyGirl70
Your niece will probably be happy with a Dell. They have some less expensive models that ought to work well on a student's budget.

...and ignore the "don't buy from the CHICOMs" stuff. You simply will not find a computer that doesn't have components that were made in China. Think of the purchase as subverting the Commies one IC at a time.

87 posted on 09/07/2006 12:22:38 PM PDT by Redcloak (Speak softly and wear a loud shirt.)
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To: MotleyGirl70

My sons got a brand new that he thought he had to have. All the bells and whistles . He paid 800 and he'll take 650.00 ! Glad to be of help!


88 posted on 09/07/2006 12:38:12 PM PDT by linn37 (Have you hugged your Phlebotomist today?)
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To: MotleyGirl70
PC Magazine - Aug. 21, 2006 - The 19th Annual Reader Satisfaction Survey Results
89 posted on 09/07/2006 12:43:44 PM PDT by HAL9000 (Happy 10th Anniversary FreeRepublic.com - Est. Sept. 23, 1996 - Thanks Jim!)
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To: MotleyGirl70
My first computer over a decade ago was a Packard Bell

Packard Bell?! I started out on one of those.
Penny fell out of my pocket onto the motherboard while changing the modem. BZZZT! Best thing that ever happened to my PC history.

90 posted on 09/07/2006 12:54:50 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (Roll your own cigarettes! You'll save $$$ and smoke less!(Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name)
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To: ThePythonicCow

Bump


91 posted on 09/07/2006 2:21:11 PM PDT by MotleyGirl70
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To: finnman69

How does printing work from a laptop? She just needs to have an outlet and cables at home or school for printing?


92 posted on 09/07/2006 2:29:14 PM PDT by MotleyGirl70
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To: MotleyGirl70
Most printers plug in via USB these days. Here's a picture of what the USB connectors look like:

So I suppose a printer at home and a printer at school would be the most likely setup. Just plug in the cable for which ever printer is handy, and print away. There will usually be a one time installation of the printer driver software into Windows. But from that point on, Windows should automatically recognize which printer is attached.

93 posted on 09/07/2006 2:37:14 PM PDT by ThePythonicCow (We are but Seekers of Truth, not the Source.)
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To: ThePythonicCow

these kids are just happy to get on the internet. I find that the 512 on my Acer is fine....and it is a great machine.


94 posted on 09/07/2006 7:18:18 PM PDT by bitt ("And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm.")
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To: guitar4jesus

Not only that they are crappy as far as performance...


95 posted on 09/07/2006 7:19:40 PM PDT by madison10
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To: Quix
NO!!! TOSHIBAS!

Poopy, I just bought one yesterday. LOL At least is was a display model. Toshiba and Acer are one and the same, correct?

96 posted on 09/07/2006 7:21:46 PM PDT by madison10
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To: linn37; lainie; EchoLane
I lucked out at the Shelby (NC) Hamfest over Labor Day weekend... found a sweet IBM Thinkpad T22 for $399.

900 Mhz. P-III, 256MB RAM, 32GB HDD, DVD-ROM, 1400x1050 display, little dinky speakers which actually don't sound too bad, even a little keyboard light.

It came with Windows 98 SE installed. I ordered a combination 10/100 ethernet and modem mini-PCI card on the net (~$35), swapped out the the disk for something a little bigger (40GB), installed Windows 2000 Pro and Fedora Core 5 on it. I had a Belkin wireless G card already, with drivers for both Windows and Linux (via ndiswrapper), and I'm just about done getting all of my apps set up on both partitions.

I already had a port replicator for the T20 family as I used an employer-provided T21 in my last job. I'm a Thinkpad fan anyway, but THIS is a nice box. It's already my favorite laptop.

97 posted on 09/07/2006 7:21:52 PM PDT by TechJunkYard (jail Cynthia McKinney for assault anyway)
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To: madison10

NO! NO! NO!

ACER is a pretty decent Taiwan company. I suppose it's possible that Toshiba owns a chunk of Acer but I haven't read that anywhere before.


98 posted on 09/07/2006 7:27:57 PM PDT by Quix (LET GOD ARISE AND HIS ENEMIES BE SCATTERED. LET ISRAEL CALL ON GOD AS THEIRS! & ISLAM FLUSH ITSELF)
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To: freedumb2003
Do NOT get an IBM, whatever you do.

My used-off-of-e-bay Thinkpad gets sooo hot and then it freezes. (yeah, I know) I even bought a new battery. It sort of has a ethernet connection and came with Office 2000. My IBM Aptiva desktop computer, although older, works very well. FYI, IBM is on the same National Gay Lesbian Chamber of Commerce list that Wal-Mart just joined.

99 posted on 09/07/2006 7:29:23 PM PDT by madison10
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To: madison10
My used-off-of-e-bay Thinkpad gets sooo hot and then it freezes.

You bought my ex-wife on eBay? It doesn't really suprise me.

100 posted on 09/07/2006 7:33:14 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (the war on poverty should include health club memberships for the morbidly poor)
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