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What's a good one for business use (mostly) and under $750? Going to Germany in a couple of weeks and only have a *gasp* 2GB iPod Nano to keep me company.
I know Gateway (used) to have US based support, I'd like that if possible. Prefers fast, good memory, wireless, DVD. ![]() |
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The new Ipad is being announced today..why not grab an Ipad for entertainment? MUCh better battery life than a $700 computer will have. |
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Wife's refurb Dell 17" has been nice for a couple years now....
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I picked up a New 17.3 Acer Laptop from Staples a week ago. Pentium i3 processor with 1 TB hard drive 6 GB ram for 529.00. So far it's great.
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Can't go wrong with a Dell...and they are affordable.
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wife has several hundred pix at 10 megs each on her drive, and i'ts not even 1/4 full yet, and that included client crap too....a TB would run forever and never load up..... ![]() ![]() |
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I just bought a 2TB drive to use as a backup drive. |
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I recommend SAGER. There are made by Clevo, probably the best out there. There customer service is great. You get a laptop with or without OS on it. Real simple and very fair prices. I got mine from Gaming Laptops - XOTIC PC - Gaming Notebooks - Custom Laptops - Custom Notebooks
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I beg to differ. My last 3 laptops from them have all had serious issues, including the $5,000 m6500 I bought. I've owned nearly 24 new dells here at the house over the past 15 years. I will never buy another Dell.
If I were in the notebook market, my next would be Asus. ![]() |
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The same drive I bought last fall now costs nearly twice as much now. Still recovering from floods and tsunamis over there I guess. |
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Stay away from Dell. I've seen a lot of Dell's with all kinds of issues. Acer is a decent inexpensive laptop IMHO and you can't go wrong for what you are getting. You'll have to "Decrapify" it by removing some of the pre-installed junk.
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My fiancée has been in charge of laptops for medical reps the last 6 years. Wayyyy too many failures that I won't touch one. Her and I have been running Bio's and HP's ( I think a total oh 7 hp and 2 vio over the last 10 yrs)
We love the HP's and have pretty much tuckwiththem and have even very very happy with them. I open to most depending on pecs and a solid feel but HP's tend to beat others out for what we want out of them. |
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you can have hdd in the normal spot and where optical drive goes, and they have some SSD's. Last edited by Vette40th; 03-08-2012 at 11:21am. |
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