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Starting to shop for a new Laptop.
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Site Supporter   Location: Tacoma/Puyallup Joined: Tue May 8, 2012 Posts: 4330 Real Name: Larry 
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AR15L wrote: lamrith wrote: Watch out for the super cheap ones and I hate to say it the AMD cpu's. I have always been an AMD fan, but the last laptop (Lenovo) I bought with an AMD chip has been a dog. Family internet usage or not, it is slow and gets frustrating fast waiting for things to load, I only use the laptop for when I travel to get on the net for email and forums like here... Plus some of the keyboards are not very solid/robust. to the point if you get typing too fast you get double strikes, and mis-strikes. As bad as my typing is, on my laptop it becomes almost unreadable due to the keyboard. Well they have them in stock and should be on display so I can check it out first. I've always like AMD???????? Mee too, this one is a dog. Could be something with what Lenovo did, but it was a cheap laptop, so can't really expect it to perform well. I guess the point is, with a bottom of the line laptop they may not perform well to teh point that even internet surfing gets affected, so just be aware.. _________________ Talons wrote: it's too plastic, even for me. it's like old, overworked, plastic everywhere old pornwhore amounts of plastic. |
| Mon Nov 19, 2018 8:51 am |
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Site Supporter  Location: West Olympia Joined: Mon May 28, 2012 Posts: 6852 Real Name: Matt
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Unless she doesn’t use it much don’t buy a cheap ass laptop. I had had excellent luck with everything Dell I have ever owned. My last one was a 12 inch XPS I paid 1200 for in 2007. I just retired it a few months ago. If a computer only last 2-4 years these days you shouldn’t have bought it. My dell pc is 11 years old and going strong. You will be frustrated with a cheap computer. Oh and my wife loves her Surface.
_________________ "I'm Hub McCann. I've fought in two World Wars and countless smaller ones on three continents. I led thousands of men into battle with everything from horses and swords to artillery and TANKS! I've seen the headwaters of the Nile, and tribes of natives no white man had ever seen before. I've won and lost a dozen fortunes, KILLED MANY MEN! And loved only one woman, with a passion a FLEA like you could never begin to understand. That's who I am. NOW, GO HOME, BOY!" "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones". Albert Einstein 1947 |
| Mon Nov 19, 2018 9:02 am |
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In Memoriam  Location: Mukilteoish Joined: Sat Mar 26, 2011 Posts: 11589
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Ex's wifes daughter bought a cheap ass Lenovo for $300 on a black Friday sale.
Was so slow she couldn't even login and do her college courses. I usually check out Ben before I buy stuff for customers. https://bensbargains.com/categories/notebooks-83/ Bought a few of these for a customer a few weeks ago at Costco. https://www.costco.com/HP-17-Touchscree ... 18418.html I usually go Dell, but selection was limited because they wanted 17.3" screens. _________________ NRA Endowment Member. How did they know my member was well endowed? |
| Mon Nov 19, 2018 9:13 am |
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Site Supporter / FFL Dealer  Location: Lake Andes, S. Dakota Joined: Thu Aug 8, 2013 Posts: 1290 Real Name: Mark
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I have a 9 year old Dell Inspiron that has Windows 7 installed. It has never failed me, not once. I have backpacked it around Europe, the ME, and the U.S. It serves reliably and while my wife's laptop with 10 installed is locked up over yet another auto update, I continue working.
I bought a 13" Lenovo and it is the slowest POS ever. It is basically an online radio now- nothing else. _________________ "To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical." - Thomas Jefferson |
| Mon Nov 19, 2018 9:20 am |
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Site Supporter  Location: Nampa, Idaho Joined: Thu Mar 17, 2011 Posts: 20124 Real Name: Rick
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OK, I did ask for help so this is all good.
This one seems good enough. https://deals.dell.com/productdetail/1pkg |
| Mon Nov 19, 2018 9:28 am |
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Site Supporter  Location: Marysville, WA Joined: Fri Jul 22, 2011 Posts: 11570 Real Name: Mike
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AR15L wrote: OK, I did ask for help so this is all good. This one seems good enough. https://deals.dell.com/productdetail/1pkg Looks pretty good. You might consider looking at some one or two levels up that include an Solid State HD (In addition to the regular HD) which is used as a giant cache for the most part to speed startup times. It's amazing how much of a difference this makes and if you can find an Inspiron that has one for only a few bucks more it would be worth it. Also, Memory (RAM) in a computer is like Ammo for an AR-15. There is no such thing as 'too much". _________________ "I've learned from the Dog that an afternoon nap is a good thing" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother" - William Shakespeare |
| Mon Nov 19, 2018 10:01 am |
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Site Supporter  Location: Seatac Joined: Thu Feb 2, 2012 Posts: 501
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Costco has a bunch on sale through the holidays. I don't have it in front of me, but there's a flyer with different periods maybe through Christmas?
My ASUS that I bought back in 2012 is still going. |
| Mon Nov 19, 2018 11:18 am |
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Site Supporter Location: West Olympia Joined: Mon May 28, 2012 Posts: 6852 Real Name: Matt
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deadshot2 wrote: AR15L wrote: OK, I did ask for help so this is all good. This one seems good enough. https://deals.dell.com/productdetail/1pkg Looks pretty good. You might consider looking at some one or two levels up that include an Solid State HD (In addition to the regular HD) which is used as a giant cache for the most part to speed startup times. It's amazing how much of a difference this makes and if you can find an Inspiron that has one for only a few bucks more it would be worth it. Also, Memory (RAM) in a computer is like Ammo for an AR-15. There is no such thing as 'too much". The XPS I had made it another year with an SSD upgrade. I put it in my dell desktop when I moved it from the house to the shop. I believe the SSD is the reason the desktop is working well for me after 11 years. The 11 year old harddrive was just worn out I think. _________________ "I'm Hub McCann. I've fought in two World Wars and countless smaller ones on three continents. I led thousands of men into battle with everything from horses and swords to artillery and TANKS! I've seen the headwaters of the Nile, and tribes of natives no white man had ever seen before. I've won and lost a dozen fortunes, KILLED MANY MEN! And loved only one woman, with a passion a FLEA like you could never begin to understand. That's who I am. NOW, GO HOME, BOY!" "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones". Albert Einstein 1947 |
| Mon Nov 19, 2018 11:21 am |
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In Memoriam Location: Mukilteoish Joined: Sat Mar 26, 2011 Posts: 11589
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SSD will usually speed it up quite a bit.
Customers give me their old laptops when they upgrade or have a drive failure. If the CPU has a Passmark score of 6,000 or better, I put a 256G SSD in them, bump up the RAM, throw a new OS on them and use them for loaners or give to friends. Older ones we recycle of use for camping DVD players. _________________ NRA Endowment Member. How did they know my member was well endowed? |
| Mon Nov 19, 2018 11:32 am |
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Site Supporter  Location: Nova Laboratories Joined: Tue Oct 25, 2011 Posts: 19173 Real Name: Johnny 5
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mcyclonegt wrote: deadshot2 wrote: AR15L wrote: OK, I did ask for help so this is all good. This one seems good enough. https://deals.dell.com/productdetail/1pkg Looks pretty good. You might consider looking at some one or two levels up that include an Solid State HD (In addition to the regular HD) which is used as a giant cache for the most part to speed startup times. It's amazing how much of a difference this makes and if you can find an Inspiron that has one for only a few bucks more it would be worth it. Also, Memory (RAM) in a computer is like Ammo for an AR-15. There is no such thing as 'too much". The XPS I had made it another year with an SSD upgrade. I put it in my dell desktop when I moved it from the house to the shop. I believe the SSD is the reason the desktop is working well for me after 11 years. The 11 year old harddrive was just worn out I think. XPS is Dell's premier line, and actually is pretty good, although I'd never get one... SSDs make a world of difference... I wouldn't get a laptop without one. I'd say a minimum current gen i5 with a min 1gb dedicated graphics card.... I think that's doable @ $700... _________________ NO DISASSEMBLE! Thomas Paine wrote: "He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself." |
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Site Supporter Location: Marysville, WA Joined: Fri Jul 22, 2011 Posts: 11570 Real Name: Mike
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TechnoWeenie wrote: I'd say a minimum current gen i5 with a min 1gb dedicated graphics card.... I think that's doable @ $700... My Dell Inspiron 15-7559 with all the above however with an i7 processor was $700 from Amazon. Graphics card is an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M that only supports 4 Mb of memory. It's proven more than enough for anything I throw at it. _________________ "I've learned from the Dog that an afternoon nap is a good thing" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother" - William Shakespeare |
| Mon Nov 19, 2018 2:12 pm |
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Site Supporter Location: Nova Laboratories Joined: Tue Oct 25, 2011 Posts: 19173 Real Name: Johnny 5
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deadshot2 wrote: TechnoWeenie wrote: I'd say a minimum current gen i5 with a min 1gb dedicated graphics card.... I think that's doable @ $700... My Dell Inspiron 15-7559 with all the above however with an i7 processor was $700 from Amazon. Graphics card is an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M that only supports 4 Mb of memory. It's proven more than enough for anything I throw at it.  _________________ NO DISASSEMBLE! Thomas Paine wrote: "He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself." |
| Mon Nov 19, 2018 2:37 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Idaho (pending) Joined: Sat Aug 4, 2012 Posts: 2824
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Get a 1000-series geforce, not 900. Here's a cheap option:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Dell-G5-Gami ... 10&veh=aff |
| Mon Nov 19, 2018 3:00 pm |
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Site Supporter Location: Nova Laboratories Joined: Tue Oct 25, 2011 Posts: 19173 Real Name: Johnny 5
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os2firefox wrote: Get a 1000-series geforce, not 900. Here's a cheap option: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Dell-G5-Gami ... 10&veh=aff Cheap ≠ inexpensive _________________ NO DISASSEMBLE! Thomas Paine wrote: "He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself." |
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