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Thoughts about laptops wanted.
Jonathon:
I just bought a new HP Pavilion laptop and I love it. The great thing about this touch pad-- which I tend to brush with my left palm and scroll down--is that it turns off. What a good feature.
It is a 15.5" so the screen is big enough to work on, when I set Word to Zoom, Text size, and the keyboard has everything where I'm used to. The left shift key is smaller that the right, but most sentences begin with words on the left side of the keyboard, so that doesn't matter so much.
This is a business machine, not a gaming machine, so it doesn't have a super duper video card, but at the same time it's great for watching videos or DVDs.
The hard drive is way bigger than what I had on my old machine, it's smarter, faster, and I can take it into the living room when it gets so hot I can't live without the AC. During the last heat wave, by the time I booted up my old computer, I was too hot to use it.
Wireless internet. Wow, I love it. You can go into the library or a cafe and (with the proper code) go online and check your mail. Sweet.
If you have a person who knows computers around, take them. Even though Will and I checked online to know the best deals and the best computer for me, I still took him along to the store. Good thing, too, because the computer I chose was sold out. The salesman wanted me to buy it's big brother beside it. My son said, "At the same sale price, sure thing." And it worked! Even though this machine was listed for $100 more.
So, yeah, take a computer savvy person with you.
Jon
tholepin:
(I read the warning, but I'm a clinical list ethnologist deep down.) I find the Macbook air laptop coupled with the Scrivener writing program a comfortable platform. Lots of battery time as well.
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to all who stumble into the room. Leave no clues . . .
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