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| Whats a good basic laptop for web browsing, and basic photo edits. I have a toshiba that is going on 4 yrs and I want to get a new laptop before it croaks. I have not liked hp and I heard toshiba only makes business computers now. Anyone have suggestions? my budget is about $500 |
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Location: Kansas | I know you said you do not like HP, but my laptop is a 6 yr old HP and has no trouble handling Photoshop, On1, Topaz, Corel Painter, etc.
What ever you get you need lots of RAM. I currently have 8, next computer I will have more |
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Location: Southern Indiana | I have an HP that I got for xmas 2 years ago and don't care for it much. I hate the touch pad. I wish I'd gotten another dell. My 2008 model still works pretty good. I hate the new windows! Therefore I use my iPad 95% of the time. |
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Unable to Live Without Chocolate or Coffee
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| I can't get an hp. I am returning one already. It was super slow and hot after being on for only 1 hr. It was preloaded with software and had tons of "junk" on it i would never use. One I had in the past lasted two years. I've had better luck with others brands. Not sure why because I know hp is popular.
Im glad hp is working for you though! I'm looking at maybe trying a dell. I don't like their customer service but the dell I had before lasted me 4 yrs and would have lasted longer if I hadnt spilled coffee on it and ruined it. |
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  Witty Enough
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Location: CTX | My last one was a Sony Vaio, and last year it needed to be replaced after 5 or 6 years. Of course Sony discontinued them, so I had to find something else.
I now have a Macbook Pro, and I love it. No dealings with windows, and so much easier now with my Iphone and Ipad. I can get calls and texts on my mac, so even when my phone is not near I can still talk or text.
And a good thing is also they are less prone to catching a virus! |
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Location: Kansas | camocowgirl - 2016-12-05 8:04 PM I can't get an hp. I am returning one already. It was super slow and hot after being on for only 1 hr. It was preloaded with software and had tons of "junk" on it i would never use. One I had in the past lasted two years. I've had better luck with others brands. Not sure why because I know hp is popular.
Im glad hp is working for you though! I'm looking at maybe trying a dell. I don't like their customer service but the dell I had before lasted me 4 yrs and would have lasted longer if I hadnt spilled coffee on it and ruined it.
LOL !!!
Delete or uninstall all the worthless junk from any brand you buy |
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Location: Displaced Iowegian | I am looking for a new one too. My suggestion is to find what you want and then price shop Amazon (No sales tax). I have been watching a Dell for a couple of weeks and they dropped the price another $20 today. I don't want one with the new Windows 10 since I have an older version of Microsoft Office (2000) that won't work with it and I LIKE Windows 7. |
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Unable to Live Without Chocolate or Coffee
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| NJJ - 2016-12-05 6:46 AM I am looking for a new one too. My suggestion is to find what you want and then price shop Amazon (No sales tax). I have been watching a Dell for a couple of weeks and they dropped the price another $20 today. I don't want one with the new Windows 10 since I have an older version of Microsoft Office (2000) that won't work with it and I LIKE Windows 7.
well i did just that and got one from staples:
http://www.staples.com/2276190/directory_2276190?ch=E781367ACE497AB2AA02E012E252D9C686284440 |
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| I have 25 Dell laptops at school. Have very few problems even with rough and continuos use. I just bought a new Dell laptop to replace my Sony. |
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| I currently have Acer, it works just fine |
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| Acer Aspire F 15, 15.6 Full HD, Intel Core i5, NVIDIA 940MX, 8GB DDR4, 1TB HDD, Windows 10
Look at here http://pc4u.org/best-cheap-gaming-laptop-under-500-dollars/ |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | Any experience with chrome books? This would be for a kid. He's at the age where he's starting to do more research papers and I'm not fond of him using my work computer for his school stuff. |
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Location: Displaced Iowegian | aldin - 2016-12-06 12:14 AM I currently have Acer, it works just fine
I have an Acer and it has been giving me problems for the last couple of months.....and it is only TWO years old. |
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Location: California | I've had my Macbook Pro for about 8ish years. Maybe 9? It still performs great. I did have to take it in once about 5 years ago to replace the battery because it overheated/stayed hot. Other than that, as long as I keep up with the updates, it works amazing. Also, this thing has fallen off my bed more than once when I crashed out with it on my bed LOL |
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Location: Texas | I have a Dell Latitude E6510 that I purchased used from a family friend before I left for boot camp. I've had it now for about 6 years and never had a problem with it and it's been through a lot. I've dropped it on concrete a few times accidentally, spilled lots of water on it, unintentionally drowned it in coffee and it's still alive and kicking. Works great for web browsing, photoshop, corel video studio, etc. |
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Location: Southeastern Idaho | I use laptops for work and personal use. Have had Acer (good) HP (Liked it) Gateway (pretty good) Lenovo (work buys us these...good) and personal use is a Lenovo Yoga. I really like the Yoga. Hate touch pads on all of them. I get a wireless mouse so I don't have to use the touch pad. The Yoga is a touch screen as well, makes it handy when working in a car.
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | camocowgirl - 2016-12-05 8:04 PM I can't get an hp. I am returning one already. It was super slow and hot after being on for only 1 hr. It was preloaded with software and had tons of "junk" on it i would never use. One I had in the past lasted two years. I've had better luck with others brands. Not sure why because I know hp is popular.
Im glad hp is working for you though! I'm looking at maybe trying a dell. I don't like their customer service but the dell I had before lasted me 4 yrs and would have lasted longer if I hadnt spilled coffee on it and ruined it.
I'm with you. I would never do HP again. Mine lasted 6 months and trying to get it fixed was a joke so I traded it in on a Toshiba. Mine is also now over 5 years old and my hinge is messed up so I'm also looking. |
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Location: in the ozone | I had had Toshibas laptops and then got an HP - didn't last work beans! So I went back to Toshiba, and happy with it. |
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| I also love my macbook. So worth them money to not have to deal with Viruses. I have had mine almost 3 years and not an ounce of trouble and I have a ton of stuff on it.. :) |
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Location: BFE, Texas | I use a Toshiba...it's an '03 model if that tells you anything about lasting. It was my nephew's when he was in college. It's outlasted 3 HP tower models !! I mostly use my IPad for browsing now since it's lightweight and I can carry it around easier. |
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