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"J"

"J"

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The daughters in the market for a computer and asked me my opinion lol..... I'm a non tech guy and told her I'd do some asking.... She's interested in a Mac for some reason, said she needs that for school??? I know Mac isn't prone too get virus's and it pretty much ends there lol
 
What is she in school for?

Apples are great computers if you like the operating system. I'd own one if it weren't for the cost. We bought a Toshiba Satellite with touch screen last year after having great luck with out last Toshiba. The new lap top has been great and fulfills our needs. Not much I can offer on this as we bought based on past experience more than anything else. With external hard drives being cheap, no need to get hung up on storage. Unless she is in the tech world, I can't see you need to get too detailed with specs and technical stuff. Brands like Toshiba, HP and Sony have long been reliable brands.
 
The old theory that Macs are for graphics and Windows PCs are for business is not true today. After System 9, Macs changed. I've worked on a Mac for the past 19 years, but I own a Windows PC.
 
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She's going to Kent for her RN, starting over and from scratch and needing something and she's hell bent on the apple.... Her budget would be stretched on that purchase but still doable.... I'd like to steer her toward a more fiscally stable half the cost laptop lol...
 
It is a preference thing now. I don't know of any major issues with any of the platforms. If I were buying new it would be the Surface Pro 3. I can't stand anything about an Apple system.

(Posted from my IPad) lol
 
Talkin lap top or desk top J? Wife has a Dell lap top and seems to like it. I never use it. I have a Dell desk top and it has been a good one.
 
I use a Acer laptop and hook all the leads into it with a Acer 19" screen. It serves me well. I can't stand the mouse on a laptop. I've always used a thumb roller mouse but everyone else hates it. But what the hell it's mine anyway.
I've always told everyone 'don't complain about setting in the back seat of my car as it's better than walking in the rain'.
 
I have a middle of the road model Toshiba satellite I think it was around 500 bucks. It does everything I need it to do for online classes, searching the web and such. I also bought one of the DTOS laptops (the ones we use at work) off the JBLM DRMO website. Its one of the getac models and it wasn't too beat up. It has a I7 possessor and a decent amount of ram. I paid 100 bucks for it. It far out preforms the Toshiba I own as far as specs go.

Unless she is an artist or a gaming nerd there is no reason to pay for an expensive laptop. They just get outdated or break.
 
I have an HP that cannot die - but it sure has come close! I went through 4 harddrives to get a good one that lasted 3.5 years and then I torched it...but since then, it's been another 2.5 years with a new keyboard and harddrive.

If she wants an Apple, get a desktop Dell for her home desk and an iPad with a keyboard for class...2 devices and probably still come out under a mac book.
 
Thanks for the input guys... Much appreciated.... I showed her all the input and told her it's her choice and her money..... You can get something without all the bells and whistles and have money left over or spend all your money and have a cool toy that'll be outdated in a year....
 
"J" said:
Thanks for the input guys... Much appreciated.... I showed her all the input and told her it's her choice and her money..... You can get something without all the bells and whistles and have money left over or spend all your money and have a cool toy that'll be outdated in a year....
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That was one of the nice things about going to school that had a laptop built into the tuition, everyone had the same damn one and thus they had no value (no theft) and no status symbol. Fancy socialism from a free market institution!
 
What'd she end up doing, J?

Huckleberry Finn said:
I have an HP that cannot die - but it sure has come close! I went through 4 harddrives to get a good one that lasted 3.5 years and then I torched it...but since then, it's been another 2.5 years with a new keyboard and harddrive.
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I turned my laptop on Friday afternoon and it got the blue screen of death over and over again. I declared it dead, unplugged it, left it for dead. And then plugged in it this morning, turned it on, and here I am browsing TOO and listening to Pandora. This damn thing will not die. And I love it.
 
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