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lap top recommendation?
Want to get my wife one for Christmas.
$500 15 inch screen no AMD processor min 3 gig memory Is GW still good option? emachine? Son says to avoid Dell with their current problems. Toshiba nixed here in ng but friend has one and said OK. |
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lap top recommendation?
Last I saw laptops rated Toshiba was well regarded, in second place I
believe, with Lenovo in first? I have a Toshiba Tecra which is a very nice machine, light weight and has a silver keyboard which I find much easier to see than the black ones. You might have to spend more than $500 to get a really nice one, watch the specials. I got mine at Tiger Direct for $800, they usually run around $1600. Frank wrote: | Want to get my wife one for Christmas. | $500 || 15 inch screen | no AMD processor | min 3 gig memory | | Is GW still good option? emachine? | | Son says to avoid Dell with their current problems. | | Toshiba nixed here in ng but friend has one and said OK. |
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"Frank" wrote in message ... Want to get my wife one for Christmas. $500 15 inch screen no AMD processor min 3 gig memory Is GW still good option? emachine? Son says to avoid Dell with their current problems. Toshiba nixed here in ng but friend has one and said OK. I got this deal in email today: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc..._-34115858-L0B Sounds like a decent machine, and has some impressive specs for the price. Unfortunately, there are no reviews for it on Newegg, but a search may show up some reviews elsewhere. -- SC Tom -There's no such thing as TMI when asking for tech support. |
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lap top recommendation?
Frank wrote:
Want to get my wife one for Christmas. $500 15 inch screen no AMD processor min 3 gig memory Is GW still good option? emachine? Son says to avoid Dell with their current problems. Toshiba nixed here in ng but friend has one and said OK. I consider Gateway still a good option, because my laptop is 4 yrs. old, and has never had a repair. I know quality trends can vary in that length of time, but all of the Gateway desktop computers [3] I have owned never failed me either, until lightning fried various parts while I was at work. I would certainly check recent reviews on them in the PC magazines online if I found one I liked. bj |
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lap top recommendation?
On 10/7/2010 12:14 PM, chicagofan wrote:
Frank wrote: Want to get my wife one for Christmas. $500 15 inch screen no AMD processor min 3 gig memory Is GW still good option? emachine? Son says to avoid Dell with their current problems. Toshiba nixed here in ng but friend has one and said OK. I consider Gateway still a good option, because my laptop is 4 yrs. old, and has never had a repair. I know quality trends can vary in that length of time, but all of the Gateway desktop computers [3] I have owned never failed me either, until lightning fried various parts while I was at work. I would certainly check recent reviews on them in the PC magazines online if I found one I liked. bj Appreciate replies. I'm just wondering what brands I should avoid. Son had said to avoid Dell and I don't like HP because of very frustrating calls we've had with them on printer problems. Toshiba sounds like an option along with GW. Wife's use will not be intensive but I want to get her something she would like. I'll probably hit the computer stores in a couple of weeks, see what I like, check reviews and purchase someplace on line. Frank |
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Frank wrote:
Appreciate replies. I'm just wondering what brands I should avoid. Son had said to avoid Dell and I don't like HP because of very frustrating calls we've had with them on printer problems. Toshiba sounds like an option along with GW. Wife's use will not be intensive but I want to get her something she would like. I'll probably hit the computer stores in a couple of weeks, see what I like, check reviews and purchase someplace on line. Frank After reading a number of web site "user reviews" at shopping sites, you'll get an idea about that. My personal choices have been to avoid Dell and HP, although I have had friends who buy both, and in spite of their problems with the hardware, continue to buy them. I also have a prejudice against Toshiba, because of a new DVD recorder experience, but Joan has a good opinion of their computers, which is what you are concerned about. Good luck ... there's a world of information online. bj |
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lap top recommendation?
On 10/7/2010 3:07 PM, chicagofan wrote:
Frank wrote: Appreciate replies. I'm just wondering what brands I should avoid. Son had said to avoid Dell and I don't like HP because of very frustrating calls we've had with them on printer problems. Toshiba sounds like an option along with GW. Wife's use will not be intensive but I want to get her something she would like. I'll probably hit the computer stores in a couple of weeks, see what I like, check reviews and purchase someplace on line. Frank After reading a number of web site "user reviews" at shopping sites, you'll get an idea about that. My personal choices have been to avoid Dell and HP, although I have had friends who buy both, and in spite of their problems with the hardware, continue to buy them. I also have a prejudice against Toshiba, because of a new DVD recorder experience, but Joan has a good opinion of their computers, which is what you are concerned about. Good luck ... there's a world of information online. bj All I can say is that Dell and Lenovo are generally well-designed, with service manuals freely available, and spare parts in abundance. HP and Toshiba totally suck to repair. Intricate over-complicated assembly. Hard to find spare parts. HP has some service manuals available, Toshiba none. I have no experience working with Fujitsu and Panasonic laptops, not enough with Acer-eGateMachines to form an opinion. Finally, every brand name has its share of lemons. Witness the recent settlement of the nVidia class action lawsuit identifying HP, Dell and Apple models of laptops for recall and repair... Ben Myers |
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On 10/7/2010 9:51 PM, Ben Myers wrote:
All I can say is that Dell and Lenovo are generally well-designed, with service manuals freely available, and spare parts in abundance. HP and Toshiba totally suck to repair. Intricate over-complicated assembly. Hard to find spare parts. HP has some service manuals available, Toshiba none. I have no experience working with Fujitsu and Panasonic laptops, not enough with Acer-eGateMachines to form an opinion. Finally, every brand name has its share of lemons. Witness the recent settlement of the nVidia class action lawsuit identifying HP, Dell and Apple models of laptops for recall and repair... Ben Myers To add even more confusion, 2009 Consumer Reports ranked Toshiba as the most reliable. While Dell and Lenovo were dead last. I personally prefer Gateways (have four of them) or Asus (also have four of them) myself. -- Bill Gateway MX6124 ('06 era) 1 of 3 - Windows XP SP2 |
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On 10/13/2010 3:19 AM, BillW50 wrote:
On 10/7/2010 9:51 PM, Ben Myers wrote: All I can say is that Dell and Lenovo are generally well-designed, with service manuals freely available, and spare parts in abundance. HP and Toshiba totally suck to repair. Intricate over-complicated assembly. Hard to find spare parts. HP has some service manuals available, Toshiba none. I have no experience working with Fujitsu and Panasonic laptops, not enough with Acer-eGateMachines to form an opinion. Finally, every brand name has its share of lemons. Witness the recent settlement of the nVidia class action lawsuit identifying HP, Dell and Apple models of laptops for recall and repair... Ben Myers To add even more confusion, 2009 Consumer Reports ranked Toshiba as the most reliable. While Dell and Lenovo were dead last. I personally prefer Gateways (have four of them) or Asus (also have four of them) myself. I had previously read Ben's comments on Toshiba and was prejudiced against them but a friend has one and is happy with it and I checked lap tops at Best Buy yesterday and clerk was high on them saying they had less problems than other brands. As someone that only buys a new computer every few years, it is frustrating to always have to make yourself current as to what is going on with a market that rapidly changes. Now I'm confused where to buy, on line or local. |
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I always buy on line, more variety available and you can search for
bargains. I just bought this Tecra a couple of months ago for $800, they usually run about $1400. I really didn't need another laptop but was a bit unhappy with the one I had, had found out that I don't like the numpad on a laptop, it throws the rest of the keyboard off center making it more difficult to automatically position your hands and it was quite heavy. This also had a silver keyboard and I wanted a light colored one, easier to see in dim light. I wanted to stick with XP (this also has a CD with 7 so I can upgrade if I ever want to) so every once in a while I would check out what Tiger Direct had in that category. I saw this one and jumped on it, good thing as they were gone the next day. I love it, light and fast and pretty, too. Frank wrote: | I had previously read Ben's comments on Toshiba and was prejudiced | against them but a friend has one and is happy with it and I checked | lap tops at Best Buy yesterday and clerk was high on them saying they | had less problems than other brands. | | As someone that only buys a new computer every few years, it is | frustrating to always have to make yourself current as to what is | going on with a market that rapidly changes. | | Now I'm confused where to buy, on line or local. |
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