Hi Sandra, the one thing about a 17 inch screen is that it really eats battery power, and adds quite a bit to the weight; both bad if you plan to go mobile with your laptop.
Marvin was just telling me that he thought Toshiba and Acer made 15 inch laptops with numeric keypads. I understand about not wanting to buy a particular brand once you hear a bad story; but Marvin was just pointing out (see my reply to see his message) that there's quite a lot of variation from one model to the next within a given brand. I don't think I'd give up on a brand unless they had a reputation for consistently poor quality; or some policy (such as you had to pay for any support) which applied to everything they made. I admit to being quite surprised to see such a strong recommendation for HP from a laptop reviewer (I thought they had made poor quality items, but he says the new "Envy" models are really quite different). We're also considering buying an HP Envy all-in-one printer, because it's reviews are so good and it's so much smaller than the average all-in-one. Again I never thought I'd buy HP, but since their troubles a couple of years back, they seem to be making an effort to turn out quality items. Chip > -----Original Message----- > From: Sandra Fouts [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 2:51 PM > To: 'Chip Orange'; [email protected] > Subject: RE: Off topic New laptop > > Hi. I'm think about buying a laptot sometime this year. I > do want mine with a keypad. But I don't want HP. I know > someone on this list who had an HP and started and she went > back to a Dell. Even though I'm a total, I may get the > 17.03 so it will already have the numberpad with it. Plus I > don't want little bitty keys. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chip Orange [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 1:24 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Off topic New laptop > > Hi Ivan, > > I'm replying onlist because I have questions as to how some > laptops might be better suited to use with WE. > > First, I've had a Dell Inspiron laptop for years, and thought > its quality was just superb. I also owned a Thinkpad (now > made by Lenovo) before that, and also thought it was very good. > > However, recently I've seen someone here mention they owned > an HP 15 inch laptop which had a numeric keypad built-in (a > separate keypad). I'd love to hear more about that from the > owner if they see this message, as it's about time for me to > buy something new. In addition, I've seen a blog column > written by a laptop reviewer who said, he's never seen a > laptop as good as the HP Envy series, and he'd buy that for > himself the next time he buys a laptop. > > The Inspiron has been good about simulating the numeric > keypad by using it's fn key with alphabetic keys, but there's > one key it cannot simulate, or WE is blocking (I'm not sure > which), and so I am interested in good laptops with separate > keypads, if they aren't a huge 17 inch screen. > > One thing I can recommend; you often have the option of > buying a bigger than normal battery for a slight upcharge; I > did that with this Dell (bought a 9-cell battery) and was so > glad I did; you can never have too much battery, and it only > extends less than an inch beyond the back, not noticeable at all. > > > hth, > > Chip > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ivan Cribb [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 12:57 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Off topic New laptop > > > > Apologies for an off list question. I want to buy a new > good quality, > > I emphasize good quality, laptop. My wife used to have a little > > Toshiba laptop which performeed very well. > > Puzzled as to what to get, I wonder if there are people who > have had > > experience with the better quality Toshibas and what they think of > > them. If you reply, please do so off list. > > Ivan > > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original > > sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list > and your > > message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your > > message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. > > > > GW-Info messages are archived at > > http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list > subscription > > at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. > > > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the > original sender only. 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