My faithful old laptop has become of age. It still works, more or less, but... it stutters and freezes at the most inconvenient times. It takes forever to run certain programmes. And most annoying of all, waiting for one or two of my favourite blogs to load is a trying exercise in patience (not that they load fast elsewhere either).
So, the obvious conclusion is I need a new laptop. The question is what to buy. A desktop PC is out of the question for space issues. It has to be portable and durable and a lot of disk space is a must because I don't want to search for my old photos on gazillion CDs (I know there are such things as external disks and so on but...). I have never used a Mac before so I don't think I want to go there and my budget has limits. Now, I'm not a tech person and I'm reluctant to learn more than I need to. I could go to a tech store and ask for advice but it's good to have some info before taking the plunge. And there's too much info available for an analphabet like me. Since one does not buy a new computer every few months I don't want to rush things as long as I don't have to but would still like to obtain some relevant information. Oh well, I guess I'll make myself busy in the near future...
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Awww sorry to hear about your laptop. But it happens to all of us. I have been a Dell user for like forever. I've never had hardly any problems with any lap tops or desk tops I've bought from them. I really like them. I was in Walmart yesterday, if you can believe that and I saw several Dell's in there from 400 to 700 bucks. They are quiet cheap nowdays. I also saw a touch screen HP that everything is built in the screen, not tower or anything. It was 900 bucks. I so wanted to buy it but that nawh...I can wait. Good luck with your decision :) Feel free my dear sweet one to ask me anything about this. I'll help ya as much as I can :)
I have to offer only two don'ts.
DON'T buy Vista Windows.
DON'T buy Gateway.
I have a Dell I love. My sister just got a Toshiba laptop and is pleased with it.
I am conversant in both Mac and PC and Mac is by far the best bang for your buck, but you will have to start all over with software and there will be a steep learning curve.
thom - has anyone told you you are a sweetheart? i have to do some research on my own before i even get an idea what i want. afterwards i might bother you with a question or three...
quilly - i'm not keen on getting vista but probably won't have much choice. i'll see as i go, though. the change likely won't happen for a few months yet...
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