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09-24-2010, 01:17 PM
Where is the best place to buy a laptop? All I need is something good for office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc...) and wireless internet. I do not need an awesome graphics card or a bunch of games, etc... I do not even need a lot of disk space. I use a lot of flash drives, etc...
Where is the best place? Office is REALLY important to me, I hate Open-Office with a passion, lol.
Where is the best place? Office is REALLY important to me, I hate Open-Office with a passion, lol.
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09-24-2010, 01:54 PM
I'd say your best bet would be go to Best Buy IMO.
09-24-2010, 02:58 PM
^I could not agree more. They are the most knowledgeable, and they are not paid on commission. Their products are 2nd to none.
09-24-2010, 08:32 PM
^ i would not recommend either of these sites unless your a wiz. You get what you pay for and people tend to go cheap on these websites and gets the boot. If you have the money and looking for top brand just Go to HP.com Or Toshiba.com.
09-24-2010, 09:02 PM
HP's are great laptops I am on my second one, the first one lasted 5 years and this one is on its 2nd and I have had no problems out of either one.
09-24-2010, 09:05 PM
East Ky Computers in Warfield Ky has a fine line of Of Toshiba And HP Laptops. They have Layaway! Its Like KMART BABY! And give you a free 1 year warranty.
09-24-2010, 10:00 PM
15thRegionSlamaBamma Wrote:HP's are great laptops I am on my second one, the first one lasted 5 years and this one is on its 2nd and I have had no problems out of either one.
I am currently using a Compaq that is over 5 years old. It is not as fast as I want, but it runs well. If you take care of something, it will last you! :Thumbs:
Thanks guys.
09-24-2010, 10:56 PM
I bought a Dell Inspiron on gotapex.com. Very satisfied so far.
09-25-2010, 10:25 PM
For local stores, I also like to deal with Best Buys. If they do not have what you want in the store, then you can order from their website and have it delivered to a local store.
Fry's Electronics is my favorites place to shop in person for computers and electronics but they do not have many stores east of the Mississippi River. There is one near Indianapolis and another in Atlanta. Fry's stores dwarf Best Buy stores and nobody has a better in store selection.
If you don't mind buying from the web, I love dealing with Amazon.com. I paid $70 to join their Prime plan, which entitles you to free two-day delivery via Fed-Ex and next-day delivery for $3.99/item. Wal-Marts are spread out more in the area where I live now than anywhere I have ever lived, so I order a lot from Amazon. It saves me from having to deal with DC area traffic.
As for laptops, my wife and I currently own three. The one that I like traveling with most is my ASUS netbook. The battery life is advertised as 9.5 hours but I get around 6 in actual use - which is still very good. The newer models supposedly get up to 14 hours and a little bit faster than mine.
What I like about my netbook besides the batter life is that I can hook it up to a 24-inch monitor and it will drive it at fulll resolution. A netbook would do all that you described but I recommend having a monitor, keyboard, and mouse available for home use. Not all laptops support large monitors at high resolution, so if that is a feature that you need, you will need to check for it.
I also have a Compaq 15 inch laptop that I run Ubuntu on and my wife has a 17-inch Dell laptop. Both are great computers but I really like the light weight and longer battery life of my netbook for taking on the road.
Fry's Electronics is my favorites place to shop in person for computers and electronics but they do not have many stores east of the Mississippi River. There is one near Indianapolis and another in Atlanta. Fry's stores dwarf Best Buy stores and nobody has a better in store selection.
If you don't mind buying from the web, I love dealing with Amazon.com. I paid $70 to join their Prime plan, which entitles you to free two-day delivery via Fed-Ex and next-day delivery for $3.99/item. Wal-Marts are spread out more in the area where I live now than anywhere I have ever lived, so I order a lot from Amazon. It saves me from having to deal with DC area traffic.
As for laptops, my wife and I currently own three. The one that I like traveling with most is my ASUS netbook. The battery life is advertised as 9.5 hours but I get around 6 in actual use - which is still very good. The newer models supposedly get up to 14 hours and a little bit faster than mine.
What I like about my netbook besides the batter life is that I can hook it up to a 24-inch monitor and it will drive it at fulll resolution. A netbook would do all that you described but I recommend having a monitor, keyboard, and mouse available for home use. Not all laptops support large monitors at high resolution, so if that is a feature that you need, you will need to check for it.
I also have a Compaq 15 inch laptop that I run Ubuntu on and my wife has a 17-inch Dell laptop. Both are great computers but I really like the light weight and longer battery life of my netbook for taking on the road.
09-26-2010, 06:27 PM
Pony up and buy a Macbook, you won't regret it.
09-26-2010, 06:41 PM
A couple of the programmers with whom I worked in Indy have had Macbooks for several years and they love them. I had a Mac laptop years ago and had no complaints.
Lately, I have been using my Linux laptop more than anything else at home. It boots up so much faster than my Windows machines and it never crashes. If IBM ever releases Lotus Domino Designer for Linux, I will kiss Microsoft software good bye for good at home. There is too much good free software available now to be contributing to Bill Gates' fortune unless it is a have-to case.
Lately, I have been using my Linux laptop more than anything else at home. It boots up so much faster than my Windows machines and it never crashes. If IBM ever releases Lotus Domino Designer for Linux, I will kiss Microsoft software good bye for good at home. There is too much good free software available now to be contributing to Bill Gates' fortune unless it is a have-to case.
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