Time to buy coming up.....
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (159359)
Boise, Idaho
March 13, 2011 7:00pm CST
and I am wondering if I should go with Dell again. I have a refurbished Inspiron right now and I am liking it and the fact that it has Windows 7 on it. I was lucky to get the refurbished because I was having so many problems with the old one. But now I am wondering-Dells are expensive. I am wondering if anyone out there in Mylot land has had another brand laptop that they really feel is a good product and would be cheaper than another Dell--? What brand is it? Why is it so great? Do you keep a good security system on it? (I give mine a workout and am on it probably ten hours aday.) Is the memory large, small? Graphics? How's it work for you?
8 responses
Now I KNOW I will buy a Dell next time!@celticeagle (159359)
• Boise, Idaho
14 Mar 11
I used to work for a call center that was customer service for HP. I would never buy an HP product. Maybe a printer but even then......?? Funny too cause here we were working for HP basically and you know what computers we used? Dell!
@Masihi (4413)
• Canada
14 Mar 11
My laptop came from Dell directly, last week, actually and I paid $496 everything included, shipping and handling waived as part of a sale, they also provide financing plans but at a rate of 28% per year. They do give great sales, though. I already had my mouse, though. The deal I got expired, but they always got something good :-)
You can try TigerDirect for some sweet deals on refurbished electronics, soemtimes they have good offers there.
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@Masihi (4413)
• Canada
14 Mar 11
Oh, and I got 4gb RAM and 320gb hard drive, it's all you really need unless you're into gaming and heavy-duty work and all that. But what I have is sufficient for Internet browsing and perhaps a nice photo collection from my photography escapades.
@celticeagle (159359)
• Boise, Idaho
14 Mar 11
I bought my last Dell about three years ago with all the bells and whistles for about $1400. That included a case for it. Had alot of memory and was very nice. Now I could handle the $500 if it had what all I needed. I will have to check out TigerDirect. Thanks.
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@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
14 Mar 11
My last two have been Dells, and I was pretty happy with them. The kids laptop is a Toshiba, and it seems to be doing pretty well too. I do keep virus and spyware protection on them, though I don't update the spyware stuff often enough.
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@celticeagle (159359)
• Boise, Idaho
15 Mar 11
That's good. With the experience I had with a virus a couple of years ago I go in for the best security I can get.
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
16 Mar 11
Heyya celticeagle! I have an Acer. This thing is loaded and I have had it for a little over a year now. It has the Windows 7. I got it with 4GB of memory but they did have the 2 GB version for cheaper. 64x2 processor and a disk drive too. Graphics are nice. It's a little bigger than what I think I should have got, it is 15 inch screen..but I really don't carry it around that much. Oh..and the USB ports are handy too. It was a lot cheaper than a Dell.
I do know a very interesting site though where you can bid on Dells, new and refurbished. I'll PM it to you if you want.
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@ernest220105 (179)
• Indonesia
14 Mar 11
Your laptop may be expensive because it as good specs and I'm sure he can work well for graphics. 1 year ago I bought a laptop Accer aspire 4736 and for me it's work properly.
this is my laptop specs:
Processor Type Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
Processor Onboard Intel ® Core ™ 2 Duo Processor T6600 (2.2 GHz, FSB 800, Cache 2 MB)
Chipset Intel 45GM
Standard Memory 2 GB DDR2 SDRAM PC-5300
Max. Memory 4 GB (2 DIMMs)
Video Type Intel ® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD 220 MB (shared)
Display Size 14.1 "WXGA LED
Display Max. Resolution 1366 x 768
Display Technology CrystalBrite LED
Audio Type Integrated
Speakers Type Integrated
Floppy Drive Optional
Hard Drive Type Serial ATA 320 GB 5400 RPM
Optical Drive Type DVD ± RW
Integrated Modem
Integrated Networking
Network Speed ??10 / 100 / 1000 Mbps
Type Integrated Wireless Network
Wireless Network Protocol IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n
Integrated Bluetooth Wireless
Keyboard Type QWERTY 86 keys
Input Device Type Touch Pad
Slot Provided Optional
Card Reader Provided SD, MMC, Memory Stick / Stick PRO, xD-Picture Card
Interface Provided 3x USB 2.0, VGA, LAN, Audio
* Crystal Eye webcamer
O / S Provided Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic
Battery Type Lithium-ion Rechargeable Battery
Power Supply External AC Adapter
Dimension (WHD) 342 x 38.6 x 239 mm
Weight 2.3 kg
@writersedge (22563)
• United States
14 Mar 11
Toshiba from radio shack. My husband got one and it's wonderful!
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@celticeagle (159359)
• Boise, Idaho
14 Mar 11
Cool! I really like Radioshack. I will keep that in mind. Thanks.
@soapies1973 (931)
• United States
14 Mar 11
I have a Gateway laptop. Working fine so far for me. I would suggest. Take care.
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