Posted on 04/03/2019 6:14:29 AM PDT by Chickensoup
Notice I posted this to the cheese hole, in hopes of a couple of responses. Prove me wrong...let's see if this thread hits 100...heck 50 from the cheesehole of chat.
As a follow-up to yesterday's post : Tech Ping: Chickensoup is in Hot Water. Computer Died a Horrible Death. Need to Save Its Soul!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3739180/posts
I am now in the market for a new computer.
Your recommendations.
I like powerful computers, money is less of an issue than configuration. This laptop is only moving between desk and home.
Got to haves: 17" screen really fast nice color Good fans and airflows removable battery usb ports 2 or 3 Ethernet port card port for camera cards and others blue tooth wifi
Nice to have CD drive Touch screen doesn't flipping matter.
Sadly I have to move to WIN 10 and upgrade office from 2003.
Your recommendations and experiences would be great.
A big bowl of chickensoup to the recommendation that I choose!
You would save hundreds of dollars getting a 13-inch laptop with a retina display that is feather-light. Then take some of your savings and get a monitor as big as you want for home. When home, you can plug right into it and have a huge screen. Rest of the time, you will have something that is much lighter and much more portable.
I understand what you are saying but I don’t sit in one place with my laptop.
It moves around the house as I work on things or surf. Living room, kitchen, dining room, upstairs suite, In the winter by the wood stove, in the summer, in the media room.
So I love the big screen. I don’t lug it to all the places in one day or even in a week or two, I just work in different areas over different periods of time.
Lenovo W530 Thinkpad Laptop
Thinkpad used to be the Corporate standard.
I made a list once of all their model number breakdowns, then chose that model.
It has been very reliable for a few years now.
Has Windows 10.
Replacement batteries 5.2 Ah and extra longer 8.4 Ah.
DVD plus peripheral ports standard eg USB 2 & one 3, hdmi, ethernet wired, bluetooth wireless, etc
3 types cursor input: mouse, finger stick & square area finger slide. All 3 get used at different times.
The flexibility of input is nice.
Bluetooth mouse saves a USB port, but there are many ports. Mine has 4 which I never use all. One is always powered on.
Just be sure power is off when swapping batteries.
All other laptops MUST be near an outlet, or the battery runs down.
The idea with laptop batteries was made by manufacturers, a few years ago, is people rarely run the computer long enough, so only Thinkpad still makes removable swappable batteries, which I still like the option of power cable free.
Locking cable is nice if you go to bathroom, laptop can be locked to table stand temporarily.
Preload only OS, not antivirus. Buy separately, though I do not use it.
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