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[Kristen James Eberlein <keberlein AT pobox.com>]

Colleen, I've had two Dells -- and problems with each. For a Windows 
laptop, I'd really suggest that you go with a ThinkPad. Of all the 
laptops I've ever had, (WinBook, Dell, HP, ThinkPad) I've had the best 
luck in ThinkPads, especially those that I grabbed on the cheap from eBay.

Kris

Typing away on a ThinkPad Z61m for which she paid ~$320 on eBay a year 
ago ...

cmccarthy1 AT nc.rr.com wrote:
> Thanks to both John and Scott!  Right now I'm looking at a Dell.  Consumer 
> Reports gives them great marks for just about everything, including service-- 
> and come to think of it, I've never needed service for any Dell that I've 
> ever had...
> ---- Scott <catfather AT donpoo.net> wrote: 
>   
> > On Jun 18, 2009, at 1:33 PM, <cmccarthy1 AT nc.rr.com> <cmccarthy1 AT nc.rr.com 
> >  > wrote:
> >
> >     
> > > We use Windows, Outlook, the MS Suite, Visio, and MS Project at  
> > > work, and I'd like to move documents between machines seamlessly.   
> > > Is this easily done?
> > >
> > > I also have the install disks for all of these applications for a  
> > > Windows machine.  I would assume that there is a different version  
> > > of them for a Mac.  Is this the case?
> > >       
> > If you're married to those products then likely OS X isn't the right  
> > choice. Outlook and Office aren't an issue on the Mac. MS Project  
> > doesn't exist and would need to be run inside a VM. VMs are great but  
> > for an application you work frequently in they do add an extra layer  
> > of crap to deal with.
> >
> > Yes, you would need OS X binaries to install. You couldn't install the  
> > Windows versions unless you decided to use a VM on OS X.
> >
> >     
> > > ---- John Broome <jbroome AT gmail.com> wrote:
> > >       
> > > > cmccarthy1 AT nc.rr.com wrote:
> > > >         
> > > > > Hi Folks,
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm looking for a laptop to replace my Compaq Presario R3000 which
> > > > > had a hard drive crash.  Does anyone have any brands to recommend or
> > > > > avoid?  This is for home use, so I won't be using it for any heavy
> > > > > processing.
> > > > >           
> > > > Macbook, either a new one or grab a used one off craigslist since  
> > > > people
> > > > are probably dumping theirs for new models.
> > > >
> > > > Mine is great, and I'm not owning another windows machine evar again.
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