Looking for A Laptop

[JohnnyD]

Crafty,

Those systems John found look like they would be right up your alley. I'm a bit impartial to the Lenovo, but that's just because I've enjoyed the performance of mine and it has held up to the abuse it receives with all my business traveling.


To John,
You're dead on when you say 3-4GB, but I still think it's a waste unless you get that full GB. I always found it silly that all the inter-hardware communication runs on the same 32-bit bus. And here's a more technical read you might like on Window's memory limitations. http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system...AE/PAEmem.mspx

[Crafty Angler]

Thanks, you guys - this isn't a need-it-yesterday thing but I would like to be ready to pull the trigger fairly soon -

Hopefully prices will continue to drop after the new year - a friend picked up a HP HDX 9300 which was impressive and pretty hefty but so was the price.

So should I limit brands to watch to say HP and Gateway and forget Dell - Lenovo sounds great but it sounds a little beyond what we've allotted ourselves to spend.

The vendor I would guess matters little since it's gonna be basically price-driven -

Last question (I promise) - I guess no one bundles them with Office which is what we'd prefer and the wireless LAN isn't always a common feature - my apologies, just trying to make a semi-educated choice.


Thanks again, men - all the input is greatly appreciated!

[basswipe]

Originally Posted by Crafty Angler

Thanks, you guys - this isn't a need-it-yesterday thing but I would like to be ready to pull the trigger fairly soon -

Hopefully prices will continue to drop after the new year - a friend picked up a HP HDX 9300 which was impressive and pretty hefty but so was the price.

So should I limit brands to watch to say HP and Gateway and forget Dell - Lenovo sounds great but it sounds a little beyond what we've allotted ourselves to spend.

The vendor I would guess matters little since it's gonna be basically price-driven -

Last question (I promise) - I guess no one bundles them with Office which is what we'd prefer and the wireless LAN isn't always a common feature - my apologies, just trying to make a semi-educated choice.


Thanks again, men - all the input is greatly appreciated!

Don't worry about MS Office.OpenOffice is by far a better suite and its free.It can open any and all MS Office docs.Its fully compatible with MS Office.

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[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by Crafty Angler

So should I limit brands to watch to say HP and Gateway and forget Dell - Lenovo sounds great but it sounds a little beyond what we've allotted ourselves to spend.

I'd say those three vendors sound good for you. If the price is right, you should be more than happy.

Last question (I promise) - I guess no one bundles them with Office which is what we'd prefer and the wireless LAN isn't always a common feature - my apologies, just trying to make a semi-educated choice.

Like basswipe said, go with OpenOffice (even though I distrust those Linux non-conformists). You can use the $200 you'll save not buying Windows Office to put towards a better computer. Also, any laptop worth it's weight in salt should have a wireless LAN included. If it doesn't have one, move on.

[Crafty Angler]

Thanks again, men - I appreciate it!