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Laptop recommendations
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? |
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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. |
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On Wednesday, 29 March 2017 06:18:23 UTC-3, 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 was given a HP Notebook a couple years ago for Christmas. Had a lot of trouble with the wi fi reception. Even had the cable guy in to check signal strength. He said it was probably the Notebooks antenna. Told this to the HP support people and they brushed me off saying if that was the case the signal would never work. We went through the usual troubleshooting over the phone and eventually they authorized me to send the unit to Ontario for repair. Had to argue with them over warranty coverage...HP had 2 years but COSTCO provided 3. Got unit back...same problem. Went through the same over the phone trouble shooting and arguments about warranty coverage a 2nd time. Costco people told me to insist on the top tier service people and they authorized a 2nd trip to Ontario for repairs. This time they got it right and replaced the antenna and whatever board it was connected to. Has worked fine since last summer. (fingers crossed) |
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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 have had pretty good luck with Lenovo (formerly IBM) and my 2 1996 vintage 365s still run but they are not fast enough to do much. |
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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 have had pretty good luck with Lenovo (formerly IBM) and my 2 1996 vintage 365s still run but they are not fast enough to do much. We use tablets. Both wife and I have iPad mini. Works well for traveling. Gets and sends email. Which is 80% of the travel use. Other 20% is looking up local places or maps. Tablets are great for that. We download books from our local library as well as Amazon so when on airplanes can read or play games. For wifi we either use hotels, phone hotspot, or Starbucks or McDonald's. I also have Xfinity for home, and they have public wifi wherever Comcast is a provider. The tablet is a lot more convenient than a laptop for travel, where you do not need it for business use. |
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On Wed, 29 Mar 2017 08:04:36 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: 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. === I have an old Dell laptop that lives on the boat, usually at the lower helm. It gets used mostly for displaying weather information and as a comm terminal for the SSB radio, but it can double as a navigation display/chartplotter if necessary. What's not to like? It has always been flaky and temperature sensitive, requiring periodic reboots to restore it to operation. |
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On Wed, 29 Mar 2017 16:25:49 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote: 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 have had pretty good luck with Lenovo (formerly IBM) and my 2 1996 vintage 365s still run but they are not fast enough to do much. We use tablets. Both wife and I have iPad mini. Works well for traveling. Gets and sends email. Which is 80% of the travel use. Other 20% is looking up local places or maps. Tablets are great for that. We download books from our local library as well as Amazon so when on airplanes can read or play games. For wifi we either use hotels, phone hotspot, or Starbucks or McDonald's. I also have Xfinity for home, and they have public wifi wherever Comcast is a provider. The tablet is a lot more convenient than a laptop for travel, where you do not need it for business use. I like a laptop when I travel because we hijack the TV for our music and streaming movies if their connection is fast enough to do it. Otherwise I usually have 150-200 G of movies on the laptop we can watch. It is also better for editing pictures and videos. Sometimes I do that on the TV if we are connected. Some hotels use special TVs that you can't hack into but when we are renting a house they are regular TVs and you just plug in. |
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