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| Xsleepyx3 | Jul 22 2010, 04:40 PM Post #1 |
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well this topic really isnt for me... its for my sister. she is going to college soon and she still doesnt know what laptop is good for her. she doesnt game at all so idk if that affects the type of laptop she needs.. im guessing she will be doing a lot of research and what not. so if any of ya'll can help. please do. lol what type of laptop will she need? oh and she really cares on how "pretty" it is.... |
  
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| Andsy | Jul 22 2010, 04:42 PM Post #2 |
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Both professionally and personally, I recommend Dell. 
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| bediger | Jul 22 2010, 04:49 PM Post #3 |
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I don't have a clue when it comes to PC laptops, I always fancied picking myself up a little 10 inch net-book, is there anything i should be looking out for? |
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| browland1 | Jul 22 2010, 05:29 PM Post #4 |
 
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Dell and Toshiba laptops are generally reliable, but I would avoid the discount brands like Acer because they are not as well made and are more likely to die on you prematurely. I currently have a good Toshiba laptop and a little netbook that I don't use as much. The netbook is good for what it does, but it is too small for a CD-ROM drive and it overheats in a short period of time. Most big box stores like Best Buy have a good selection of laptops, so make a trip there and check out what they have. |
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| burningmice | Jul 22 2010, 06:32 PM Post #5 |
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I agree with Browland, Toshiba is a great brand for laptops. I would also say avoid HP laptops like a plague. While I was working in the tech support area at a Future Shop (Big electronics retailer in Canada) I saw multiple HP laptops come back with hardware faults every single day. Honestly, I saw at very least 3 come back every day. |
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| Scott | Jul 22 2010, 10:02 PM Post #6 |
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I would suggest an HP or Dell laptop. Those are always good choices when it come to laptops. I personally use an HP laptop, but I used to have a Dell. |
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| sdcpro | Jul 22 2010, 11:11 PM Post #7 |
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Toshiba or Dell are above average brands for laptops. The minimum specs I would recommend for inside the laptop are: 1.8 GHz Dual Core Processor 2 GBs RAM Hard drive size doesn't really matter unless she's looking to store a lot of things on her computer. |
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| Andsy | Jul 23 2010, 01:18 AM Post #8 |
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I won't touch HP personally, as they *HAD* a tendency to buy crappy faulty Maxtor hard drives. Every week we'd get 2 or 3 failures at work, resulting in data loss and generally upset colleagues  Don't know if this is still the case, hence the emphasis on had. |
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| sdcpro | Jul 23 2010, 01:27 AM Post #9 |
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I'm personally running on an HP, never really had a problem with it so far. Have had it about 11 months now. I also have a Toshiba and it runs perfect. My family has been running on Toshiba for years so I'm used to them 
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| DizzyDial | Jul 23 2010, 06:25 AM Post #10 |
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I think anything with a lowercase 'i' in front of the name is considered 'pretty' by modern-sex appeal standards... but then again, I wear pink jewel-studded fanny packs so what do I know? |
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| bediger | Jul 23 2010, 06:28 PM Post #11 |
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Pink jewel-studded fanny packs FTW! |
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| sdcpro | Jul 28 2010, 01:26 AM Post #12 |
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I don't wear pink jewel-studded fanny packs but I can agree I would personally stay away from Macs as they are horribly overpriced. If she's simply going to college she doesn't need anything super powerful to type an essay or go online. A simple window's based laptop would work perfectly fine with decent specs inside. |
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| ninja_ gayyden1024 | Aug 2 2010, 08:54 AM Post #13 |
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Well this is my first post. But i would recommend i samsung nc10 netbook i've had mine for about a year now I have had no problems with mine. Because it has a intel atom inside,but you can't game. I dont think that will matter for a college |
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| burningmice | Aug 2 2010, 10:12 PM Post #14 |
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The problem with such a specific suggestion is that it's no longer on the market. If it was released at least a year ago it won't be sold at any large electronics retailer anymore. |
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