[elky] Re: Laptops
- From: John Christensen <johncgg@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:22:17 -0500
I am typing from an HP right now. Works pretty good, but you end up with
Vista. It's a real memory hog. I have 2 gigs of mem now, and it's better but
it's no desktop. It is nice to sit on the couch with.
I have it on a vinyl covered board so it can breathe, and it doesn't fry
your legs. It's also big enough to use a real mouse. (I hate the touch pads)
FWIW it's a Pavillion DV6000. Nice package, no troubles in 3 years of
everyday power use. (CAD, Web development, emails, graphics, photo
processing)
Also Tiger Direct. http://www.tiger.com My desktop is from there, and you
can buy them with XP for the Systemax in-house systems.
JC
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John Christensen
Saint Charles, IL
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Mongar, Brian <Brian.Mongar@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> I haven't looked into it any further than labels, but it appears a compaq
> is now an HP?
>
> Gateway promised the same thing, My current is a gateway, works ok but worn
> out completely has been good for 4.5 years, but trying to be productive, a
> slow computer kills that.
>
> Bought the gateway at Best Buy, I can't believe what these new ones have
> compared to mine, and half the price for 10 times the laptop.
>
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> Subject: [elky] Re: Laptops
>
> Quoting "Mongar, Brian" <Brian.Mongar@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> > I remember a long time ago you guys were talking a lot about
> > computers and had some preferences on where to buy a computer, and
> > parts.
> > Eggs?something
> > Don't remember but the best I am coming up with is refurbished stuff
> > on CompUSA or Amazon.
>
> newegg.com or ya might try Best Buy (amazingly enough the url's
> bestbuy.com)
>
> >
> > MegaMart (Nebraska Furniture Mart) has an HP that looks pretty nice,
> > and from everyone I have talked to, that and Dell are the 2 ways to
> > go. Thought I would see what you guys know, If I remember you all
> > had some good info on this subject. Dells are more expensive.
>
> I won't buy another Dell. If you need a replacement battery, you have to
> go to Dell and they extract payment from you by dragging your wallet past
> your sphincter. All of 'em may be the same now, but my Compaq runs pretty
> well...for a laptop. I have to give it credit...I've run it for 12-14 hours
> a day in the Burb on the salt where the interior temp sensor reports
> 109F...and it's kept on ticking.
>
> I think I bought one of the last laptops with XP loaded on it. I'm really
> glad I didn't have to pay the ransom for a Vista box.
>
> Ray
>
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Brian
> >
> >
>
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