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  • From: Kristen James Eberlein <keberlein AT pobox.com>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Laptop Purchase
  • Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:22:38 -0400

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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