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rts551
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaBlanca
Every once in a while, esp near Aug when sts are buying computer laptops to go to college in the States, you get some INCREDIBLE deals. One lady got
her son the laptop for free after all the rebates.
Please, all you norte americanos, if you see a super deal on a laptop, PLEASE let me know. I am looking to get 5 laptops for some students who are
headed to college in La Paz and can't afford one. |
Maybe you could get one for the OP of this thread, Blanca.
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DianaT
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Thanks for the reviews --- I am checking them all out.
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monoloco
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| Quote: | Originally posted by weebray
You couldn't give me an apple product. No flash, censored web and a zillion other little niggling problems - no thanks. Apple does not play well
with others. |
I don't know what you're talking about, I open stuff with flash all the time, and have no
problem opening any other kind of web page or file.
"The future ain't what it used to be"
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Russ
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I've got the Mac book Air and love it. Tho quite spendy it's fast, great for photos, has a very sharp screen. It's almost like having an ipad very
light.
Bahia Concepcion where life starts...given a chance!
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willyAirstream
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I have an Asus laptop 17 inch and an Asus transformer tablet. I use them for entertainment, graphic design and website design/ development. Top notch
products. My last 4 pc`s were Asus.
Best Buy and similar places usually sell Asus products that are one generation behind, so shop carefully.
Best price and warranty and latest editions are at http://tigerdirect.com
U2u if you want specific help.
So sorry for your loss. Maybe he is with Gunner now. :-)
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weebray
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I repeat, stay away from Lenovo. If you don't believe me try calling customer support. If you ever have a problem you are in deep doo doo. Lenovo
(IBM) has gone the way of Toyota. The used to produce a quality product. Also Apple products do not support flash - that is a fact which I found out
the hard way. In teaching english there are any number of wonderful aids to teaching on the interweb, many of them are in flash. I was unable to use
some of the best for my students. I repete, Apple does not play well with others.
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BajaBlanca
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I will take your suggestion under advisement, Ralph!
[Edited on 7-7-2013 by BajaBlanca]
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I understand that HP is not a top of the line product, but over the years I owned several of them without any issues, till the last one. Keyboard
problems and cooling fan very noisy. About 10 months old.
Called HP, they send a packing carton the following day (Fed Ex), I shipped it with the provided label and instructions and had the unit back the 4th
day in perfect working order.
Something to be said for such service.
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DianaT
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Thanks everyone. I think I am really learning toward the Asus and Willy I will check out that site. And I remember Gunner. Another big hole in
someone's heart. 
While I have eliminated HP from my list, it is good to know they have such good service. My sister should have sent her's back. The keyboard has a
real mind of its own.
Russ, you have tried to convince me to buy MAC for a long time and maybe someday.
Now, to just avoid Windows 8. I can't find ANYTHING positive about it.
Again, Thanks everyone!
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monoloco
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| Quote: | Originally posted by weebray
I repeat, stay away from Lenovo. If you don't believe me try calling customer support. If you ever have a problem you are in deep doo doo. Lenovo
(IBM) has gone the way of Toyota. The used to produce a quality product. Also Apple products do not support flash - that is a fact which I found out
the hard way. In teaching english there are any number of wonderful aids to teaching on the interweb, many of them are in flash. I was unable to use
some of the best for my students. I repete, Apple does not play well with others. |
Weebray, You are
absolutely wrong about Macbooks not being able to play flash, OSX supports Adobe Flash Player and while ios devices don't play flash out of the box,
3rd party apps are available to allow it. I have a Mac and a PC sitting right next to each other on my desk, at this point the only thing I use the PC
for is a connection for the Magic Jack phone so I can use my Macbook wirelessly. I have found nothing that I can do on the PC that I can't do on the
Mac, I find the Mac much more intuitive and efficient for everything I use a computer for and I love the way it seamlessly syncs with our other Apple
devices. If you do require Windows, you can install bootcamp and enjoy both operating systems.
"The future ain't what it used to be"
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bajajudy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
Toshiba. |
Ditto
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ncampion
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| Quote: | Originally posted by monoloco
| Quote: | Originally posted by weebray
I repeat, stay away from Lenovo. If you don't believe me try calling customer support. If you ever have a problem you are in deep doo doo. Lenovo
(IBM) has gone the way of Toyota. The used to produce a quality product. Also Apple products do not support flash - that is a fact which I found out
the hard way. In teaching english there are any number of wonderful aids to teaching on the interweb, many of them are in flash. I was unable to use
some of the best for my students. I repete, Apple does not play well with others. |
Weebray, You are
absolutely wrong about Macbooks not being able to play flash, OSX supports Adobe Flash Player and while ios devices don't play flash out of the box,
3rd party apps are available to allow it. I have a Mac and a PC sitting right next to each other on my desk, at this point the only thing I use the PC
for is a connection for the Magic Jack phone so I can use my Macbook wirelessly. I have found nothing that I can do on the PC that I can't do on the
Mac, I find the Mac much more intuitive and efficient for everything I use a computer for and I love the way it seamlessly syncs with our other Apple
devices. If you do require Windows, you can install bootcamp and enjoy both operating systems. |
It's hard to convert people from the "Apple Religion"
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toneart
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ASUS
I bought my laptop about 2 years ago. No issues. Just delete the bloatware to make it run faster. I also use a wireless keyboard and a mouse with it.
I don't like the little finger-touch and tap scroll thingy. I'd rather have the thumb joint and shoulder pain that screams in the middle of the night.
I was going to buy a Toshiba but read all the negative stuff about their customer non-service. Asus had Amazon's highest rating at the time.
Most American computers are made in China now anyway, but they are closet Chinese. You might as well buy one from a Chinese company that admits it.
I hate Macs! A few years ago I bought one. It was a real dud. I bought it from Apple's website. It was shipped directly from China with someone else's
password in it. (Must have been a reject and shipped back to Apple). I was leaving for Mulege the next week and didn't have the time to return it and
wait for a new one.
When I called their tech support the tech said he had never heard of such a thing. He said to reinstall the operating software while he stayed on the
phone. (It came with about a dozen installation CDs, but the software was already installed). Sure enough, it came to the point where I had to set up
my password, it hit a wall. Couldn't do it.
Well, the tech guy said he had to go off the phone and think about it. He did call back! He engineered a work around and that got me set up. Buy after
I got to Baja, everything was screwed up. It never worked right.
Finally, in a fit of rage, I decided to see how many skips it would take to bounce across the Mulege River. It didn't skip once. It went straight to
the bottom like a bad marriage. Well, y'all know the bad Ju Ju that created. Shhhhhh! Please keep that a secret. 
Psst! Monoloco! Please don't drop your Mac into the Pacific Ocean. 
Anyway, Diana...go with an Asus.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
FORGET windows 8.... trust me! |
Ditto, it's one big mess!
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Mexitron
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| Quote: | Originally posted by SFandH
I'm a BIG fan of Google. What a wonderful company. A chromebook will soon be my next computer. You can use USB flash drives if you want.
It's time to break out of the aging and cumbersome Microsoft paradigm without going the pricey Apple route.
Thousands of free apps for the chrome browser.
Cloud drive, file loss due to disk crashes, broken hardware a thing of the past. Backup automatico.
No separate and resource intensive anti-virus software.
Look into it. It may work for you.
http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/devices/features.html
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Saw a Chromebook for $250 in Staples ad this morning---looked into it and it looks great! That's my next one too---I really like the no-virus software
thing especially. Only hidden cost, apparently, is that you need to pay for your GoogleDrive cloud storage after two years---$5/month which is about
what one pays for virus software. Still, if the system runs as clean as it sounds its worth it. Another bonus---the system is supposed to have
virtually no start up/reboot time.
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bajaguy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Mexitron
| Quote: | Originally posted by SFandH
I'm a BIG fan of Google. What a wonderful company. A chromebook will soon be my next computer. You can use USB flash drives if you want.
It's time to break out of the aging and cumbersome Microsoft paradigm without going the pricey Apple route.
Thousands of free apps for the chrome browser.
Cloud drive, file loss due to disk crashes, broken hardware a thing of the past. Backup automatico.
No separate and resource intensive anti-virus software.
Look into it. It may work for you.
http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/devices/features.html
[Edited on 7-7-2013 by SFandH] |
Saw a Chromebook for $250 in Staples ad this morning---looked into it and it looks great! That's my next one too---I really like the no-virus software
thing especially. Only hidden cost, apparently, is that you need to pay for your GoogleDrive cloud storage after two years---$5/month which is about
what one pays for virus software. Still, if the system runs as clean as it sounds its worth it. Another bonus---the system is supposed to have
virtually no start up/reboot time. |
Uh, if you want a DVD player/burner, check again, it doesn't have one.
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Mexitron
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Who uses those anymore?
Actually, I'd keep the current Windows comp for that...but except for loading old CD music for itunes I haven't used the CD DVD player hardly at all.
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weebray
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There's an Apple N-zi in every crowd.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0InpO2pQXw&bpctr=1373226...
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bajaguy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Mexitron
Who uses those anymore? |
Since we always take a laptop when we travel (for e-mails and MagicJack), my wife uses it (with headphones) to watch her Netflicks........keeps her
comments about my driving to a minimum.
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Russ
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My Mac Air is so much faster than my older iMac I put the iMac away and am using the Air exclusively now. I maybe buying another iMac for the desk top
in August. And the use iCloud to work between them. It's nice to see the big picture instead if the little 13" er. Now if we could get Carlos to
upgrade Mulege to G4 banda ancha I could dump the Hughes net.
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