a friend of mine who is an IT consultant say nix on Dells. PLUS my Dell laptop of 18 months old just totally died!
from what you say, why not a Netbook? On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 10:26 PM, Robert Carroll <[email protected]>wrote: > This listserv is so oriented towards social issues, I am almost afraid to > ask a computer question. But, here goes: > > I have always had a PC with Windows, if I exclude the Apple IIe computer. > I have never owned or used a laptop, only a desktop. I think now that I > need to buy a laptop because wife has decided to use the desktop many hours > a day for her new-found hobby of photography: this leaves me without access > to a computer, particularly the internet or other simple tasks. If I get a > laptop I will need a simple & cheap one only since wife goes to sleep early, > thereby freeing the desktop computer. > > Starting with the Dell web site, I find that a laptop with: > > Processor Intel TM 6600 Duo, 2.2 GHz, 800 MHz bus, 2 MB cache > Memory 4GB 800 MHz RAM > 500 GB 5400 RPM hard drive > 6-cell battery > Intel Link 5100 "N" wireless modem > 8X CD/DVD burner (dual layer) > > costs $659 before shipping. > > Questions: > Is this laptop a good choice? Is it a good price? Are there other brands > or options that I ought to consider? Specially: I want good performance at > the cheapest price. I am very stingy by nature! > > === > > P.S. Please don't say to buy a Mac laptop instead of a Windows machine. I > bought my daughter a MacBook Pro and she likes it very well, but I am more > comfortable with a Windows OS because I already have a large number of > Windows programs that I can install on a laptop, plus I don't want to start > a new personal learning curve to use the Mac -- i.e., sharing data between > computer might be hard -- and I want to go cheap(!!) to buy a laptop. > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > -- Judy ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
