New Laptop Time
Mar. 6th, 2011 03:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
aseI am buying a new laptop to replace the 4.5 year old, 8.2 lb, 15.4" baby laptop. Almost anything would be an improvement.
The top contenders are the Toshiba Portege R705-P35 (CNET loves it) or maybe a Satellite for the larger screen; Acer Aspire TimelineX AS4820T(norabombay loves it); and the Samsung QX410 (the Best Buy salesman would love it, if he could afford it). My father is pushing far more affordable HP Pavilion dm1z, but it's an 11.6" screen so that's a giant no. The sweet spot in this era of degenerate 16:9 widescreen is no less than 13" and preferably a 14" diagonal. Also, after my adventures with the Pavilion zv6000, I'm not rushing back into HP's customer service embrace. And then there's the bloatware, and - okay, HPs are at the bottom of the list with Dells.
As much as I want awesome specs that will last another four years, realistically, this is my 2012 school laptop. If I stay on track, I should be in a better place, financially, in two years, so it's not necessary to buy a laptop I can run into the ground. However, this is my school laptop, so it must be absolutely reliable, portable, and comfortable for extensive word processing (13" screen being a minimum and one I'm not totally happy with). So I'm back to the "it will last forever (for a laptop)" $600 - $900 range.
The top contenders are the Toshiba Portege R705-P35 (CNET loves it) or maybe a Satellite for the larger screen; Acer Aspire TimelineX AS4820T(
norabombay loves it); and the Samsung QX410 (the Best Buy salesman would love it, if he could afford it). My father is pushing far more affordable HP Pavilion dm1z, but it's an 11.6" screen so that's a giant no. The sweet spot in this era of degenerate 16:9 widescreen is no less than 13" and preferably a 14" diagonal. Also, after my adventures with the Pavilion zv6000, I'm not rushing back into HP's customer service embrace. And then there's the bloatware, and - okay, HPs are at the bottom of the list with Dells.As much as I want awesome specs that will last another four years, realistically, this is my 2012 school laptop. If I stay on track, I should be in a better place, financially, in two years, so it's not necessary to buy a laptop I can run into the ground. However, this is my school laptop, so it must be absolutely reliable, portable, and comfortable for extensive word processing (13" screen being a minimum and one I'm not totally happy with). So I'm back to the "it will last forever (for a laptop)" $600 - $900 range.
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Date: 2011-03-11 03:42 am (UTC)(no subject)
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