Posted on 08/07/2013 4:44:53 PM PDT by patriot08
Please help me choose which laptop to buy:
A http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AM7MM4I/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER
B http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0075ZRAKG/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A33O72BR8EJNQK
I want to go with 'A' but it comes with Windows 8- which I'm not used to (I have always used 7) and afraid of. I hear a lot of negative comments about it.
A
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0075ZRAKG/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A33O72BR8EJNQK
B
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0075ZRAKG/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A33O72BR8EJNQK
tech ping?
which ever one you get...a life savin feature not to miss IMHO is keys that light up .
b if it’s the windows 7
I didn’t know they still sold new laptops and pcs with windows 7. is that the case for a lot of brands?
windows 8 is not as good imo too much like for a smart phone. they made a mistake
that’s a good idea too
Are you strictly limited to 11.6 screen? If not you can get some great deals from Tiger on refurbished Asus 14” Windows 7 and W8 laptops for just $50 more with much better specs.
concur, and I would put battery life above HD size. I only have 128 GB on my laptop, but 6 hours of battery life has made my current laptop a lot more useable for me.
A few years ago, I bought an HP Pavilion. It’s OK, but I do regret not buying one with a 10-key numbers pad. Probably important only if a person is used to production numeric data entry. Typing number the “old-fashioned way” sure cuts down on speed and accuracy.
I bought a low end Toshiba Satellite L-305 on purpose, but I wish it had more RAM and stuff now. Plus the hard drive crapped out and I now use Linux Ubuntu. I am going to install Windows 7 eventually and run Linux Ubuntu from the USB card.
I’ve had two Asus Gaming series laptops (a G72 and G74) and my wife uses a regular Asus and they are very good computers. I sold the G72 to a friend and he’s still using it.
I use Dells at work and they’re OK, but not great. I’ve had to replace quite a few of them over the last 10 years.
I’m very partial Asus for their quality and reliability.
I like the lit keyboard myself a lot.
As for buying, I recommend staying away from HP/Compaq. What field service and warranty work comes my way usually has one of those two in the work order.
I like Dell (am a Dell tech sometimes) but maybe Acer, Sony or Toshiba. Maybe IBM Lenovo.
The past couple of years, the droid handles 95% of what I need for travel purposes so I may be on my last laptop. I go weeks and not even turn it on.
battery life on the Toshiba Satellite is BAD, after 18 months I had to have my plugged in like a desktop.
tiger direct has a del i7 today for $699
just make sure it has backlight keyboard
If you are just cruising the web and blogs like FR, take a look at the tablet pc’s. Cheaper and batteries last a lot longer, less maintenance.
A Gateway w/ intel 5 chip and lit keys covers every base
stay away from windows 8. try the windows 7 version.
or try this:
http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-15-3521/pd?oc=fndoc50s7&model_id=inspiron-15-3521&;
Windows 8 is not too different from 7 once you go to the desktop.
Samsung google computer. Lightning fast, cheap... Done.
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