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On Wed, 29 Mar 2017 18:20:17 -0400, Poco Deplorevole
wrote: On Wed, 29 Mar 2017 08:04:36 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 3/29/2017 6:41 AM, wrote: On Wed, 29 Mar 2017 05:17:47 -0400, Poco Deplorevole wrote: This summer will see us doing a bit of travelling, and I'm finally giving serious thought to getting a laptop. Any one having good or bad luck with theirs? === I've always been partial to HPs. I believe their engineering and reliability are a notch or two above the others. I'd also get a wireless mouse for it since most touchpads leave a lot to be desired. Unfortunately you will probably be stuck with Windows 10 if you buy a new machine. People seem to like it once they get used to the new interface but I'm set in my ways in that regard. I agree with Wayne. My last two laptops have been HP Pavilions. The first, purchased in 2007, finally died after about 8 years of heavy, daily use in the guitar shop. The second and the one I am currently using, is an HP purchased in 2010, still running Win 7. I downloaded the free upgrade to Win 10 but have not installed it. That said however, I wonder how much of a particular brand contains unique and/or proprietary hardware. Seems like most of the major brands use the same CPU (usually Intel) and hard drives made by others. I suspect the same is true with mother boards and power supplies. I'd consider a Dell if I could find one designed for commercial use. Seems to be many of them around that are still chugging away. My problem with Dell is all the software crap that comes loaded on the computer. Of course, Best Buy and others will remove, for a fee, all that crap, but still... I haven't played with a Dell for a while but they usually come with all of the install disks so you can wipe it and reload what you really want. Just "removing" software does not really get rid of it all. A lot of times they will replace the stock DLLs with theirs on installation and you are still stuck with it when you remove the program. There is also stuff in the registry that will not go away. Dell is also very good with driver support and a lot of time I will get drivers for other manufacturer's systems if I figure out Dell uses that chip set on one of their machines. |
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Poco Deplorevole wrote:
On Wed, 29 Mar 2017 08:04:36 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 3/29/2017 6:41 AM, wrote: On Wed, 29 Mar 2017 05:17:47 -0400, Poco Deplorevole wrote: This summer will see us doing a bit of travelling, and I'm finally giving serious thought to getting a laptop. Any one having good or bad luck with theirs? === I've always been partial to HPs. I believe their engineering and reliability are a notch or two above the others. I'd also get a wireless mouse for it since most touchpads leave a lot to be desired. Unfortunately you will probably be stuck with Windows 10 if you buy a new machine. People seem to like it once they get used to the new interface but I'm set in my ways in that regard. I agree with Wayne. My last two laptops have been HP Pavilions. The first, purchased in 2007, finally died after about 8 years of heavy, daily use in the guitar shop. The second and the one I am currently using, is an HP purchased in 2010, still running Win 7. I downloaded the free upgrade to Win 10 but have not installed it. That said however, I wonder how much of a particular brand contains unique and/or proprietary hardware. Seems like most of the major brands use the same CPU (usually Intel) and hard drives made by others. I suspect the same is true with mother boards and power supplies. I'd consider a Dell if I could find one designed for commercial use. Seems to be many of them around that are still chugging away. My problem with Dell is all the software crap that comes loaded on the computer. Of course, Best Buy and others will remove, for a fee, all that crap, but still... Just got an advert for Dell at $140. http://deals.dell.com/mpp/productdet...02922624028084 |
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On Thu, 30 Mar 2017 02:39:35 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote: Just got an advert for Dell at $140. http://deals.dell.com/mpp/productdet...02922624028084 That is a nice little machine if you just want the basics. |
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I am a Dell person. After I bought my first Dell desktop I was sold on the brand. I bought my first laptop a Dell 15" back in 2005. When I replaced that laptop in 2012 I passed it on to my daughter.
That old Dell finally died last December. I ordered a new Dell laptop and will pass on the old one to my daughter again once I get it all cleaned up, meaning deleting and transferring all its files to my new one. The first dell ran Vista, the second one Windows 7. The new one is Windows 10 and that is taking some getting used to. Its definitely different than Windows 7 but I am getting used to the new version. Personally I do not think you could go wrong with either HP or Dell.
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