Hi list,
My wife's birthday's coming up, and I'm going to get her a laptop.
Hopefully she's not a member of this lst. :] I'd like to keep it under
$1000. She uses her current laptop almost exclusively just as a terminal to
remote desktop to her main desktop computer. But, I believe that if she had
a decent laptop (as opposed to a piece of crap Compaq with a 900Mhz Duron),
she may run it as her primary computer. Requirements/uses are as follows:
· Must have more than 2 USB ports
· Built-in CompactFlash card reader would be a bonus
· Most used apps are Outlook 2007, Dreamweaver, Photoshop
· Built-in wireless connectivity is a must
· Widescreen is probably the way to go for Photoshop usage
· Mimimum of 1GB of RAM. Ideally, it'd be one single chip with an
empty slot available.
· DVD burner would be a bonus, but not a requirement
· Must not be a Sony
· Prefer a Pentium (not Celeron) or Athlon (not Duron) processor
or whatever they're called these days
Things that she would NOT care about:
· Nonsense for gaming – she doesn't play games
· Bluetooth – don't' care
· Remote controls – don't care. We watch TV on TVs.
I keep coming back to the Toshiba Satellite
P105-S6147<http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/pdet.to?seg=HHO&poid=360053>.
Odd, though, because I never would have thought of Toshiba, but I just keep
hearing good things about them. I don't think I've owned a Toshiba product
since I had a Toshiba walkman as a teenager.
Any thoughts, experiences, comparable recommendations, discount codes,
leads on stolen laptops with 4GB of RAM, donations, or suggestions
appreciated very much.
Ray at home
