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I am needing to buy a laptop, but I know almost nothing about them, was wondering if someone here could give me some advice on what kind to buy. If possible, I would like to get something nice quality for less than $500. Thanks for any info.
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there's been some threads about this subject, might want to try the search function.
IIRC Toshiba seemed to be a popular brand amongst the guys that use puters for tools and maybe Lenovo (used to be IBM) again IIRC
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Just like guns and cars... Buy quality, once.
Apple all the way.
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ASUS http://usa.asus.com/Notebooks/The ASUS is about as good as it gets in a Light Weight Notebook.
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Thanks for the info, I cant go to any stores and play with them, because im living in Mozambique Africa right now, so everything is over our verrrrry slooooow internet here! I think some friends are coming to visit soon, so i can have one of them bring one along.
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there's been some threads about this subject, might want to try the search function.
IIRC Toshiba seemed to be a popular brand amongst the guys that use puters for tools and maybe Lenovo (used to be IBM) again IIRC my new laptop is a Toshiba. Sadly, just like Lenova, it is made in China. The electronics made there are of poor quality, and suspect.
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Thanks for the info, I cant go to any stores and play with them, because im living in Mozambique Africa right now... In that case, buy something cheap and leave it there as a gift when you head home. Buy a Mac for yourself when you're back in the US.
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Buy once cry once. MacBook all the way. Over your $500 limit but well worth it.
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I will second ASUS. Mac products are nice, but not worth the cash. You can build the same thing for practically have the price with a PC. Hipsters and liberals are the only ones who buy Mac computers
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I will second ASUS. Mac products are nice, but not worth the cash. You can build the same thing for practically have the price with a PC. Hipsters and liberals are the only ones who buy Mac computers No, people that don't spend their life [bleep] with computers buy Macs. Travis
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Depends on what you want to use it for. An Ipad sounds like it may be the ticket.
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I will second ASUS. Mac products are nice, but not worth the cash. You can build the same thing for practically have the price with a PC. Hipsters and liberals are the only ones who buy Mac computers I'm about as far from a hipster and liberal as you can get, and I have a MacBook pro and a Mac mini. The majority of laptops not made by apple tend to have a 3 year shelf life, I just did some work on an early MacBook that was still running strong other than the LCD went Bad
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What ever you get will be made in China, will be full of cyber trojans and will be obsolete.
Buy cheap!
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If 500 is your budget, Toshiba is a good bet.
If you don't mind spending multiples of that, Apple.
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So what do you need your computer for? If it's for email, the web and some word processing the you should consider an Ipad. You can get a keyboard for it if you want.
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I'm about as far from a hipster and liberal as you can get, and I have a MacBook pro and a Mac mini. The majority of laptops not made by apple tend to have a 3 year shelf life, I just did some work on an early MacBook that was still running strong other than the LCD went Bad My 7 year old MacBook pro power supply went belly up last week. 7 years service out of a laptop that I've dragged, literally around the world several times with zero failures. Needless to say, there's a new PowerBook on the way.
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I will give the Macs a good look once this seven year old Toshiba dies. I figure it's close to quitting on me.
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Check out macmall.com for good prices
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I have pretty much decided to get an Ipad, now I am trying to decide which one. I will probably be mostly using the web, and email and skype, not planning on having much music or movies, just wondering if I can get away with the 16gb, or if I am needing the 32gb. If I am needing the 32gb, I might need to get the Ipad 2, to keep the price down. Thanks for all yer help!!
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I have an iPad2 and it works just fine for everything you want to do. It's a great device that I wonder how I lived without but I still like the laptop or the home iMac as the screen real estate can be limiting with multiple apps.
They sure make travel nice!
I was surprised that the iPad Verizon reception is significantly worse than my Droid3. I can get one or maybe two bars on the phone at our camp in WV and none on the iPad so I'm looking at putting an amplifier out there.
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