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Luap, you live in the Ozarks for goodness sake! Going to see you for a computer would just be a great excuse for a fun ride.
I feel somewhat qualified to offer an opinion here...Yes, I own a computer shop and sell computers. Not new ones, but ones that we refurbish in house and put through a vigorous 16-point test before we sell them. It might not be justifiable cost-wise for John to make the trip though.Even though I use an HP Envy, I cannot recommend an HP. Their quality is becoming way too sub-par. Dell is not far behind either. I'll save all the reasons for that for a rainy day. I've reinforced mine and massively upgraded it, but not everyone is in the position to do that.I recommend Intel. Stay away from AMD processors like the plague. Also, stay away from Acer and Gateway like the plague. Avoid computers from walmart (any electronics for that matter). They're all Frankenstein units. I once replaced a screen in a laptop from walmart and on the back of the screen was a sticker that read "refurbished by company x". The company is one that repairs Walmart electronics. I found it disheartening that they'd use refurbished parts to sell as new, but now know why they sell so cheap.I recommend the Lenovo Ideapad 330s or the Asus VivoBook 14". Either one is a quality device. I'd probably go with the Lenovo though. I worked on one (viruses) the other day and am thinking about selling my HP to get one of those. It's a nice one. Link: https://tinyurl.com/yxjj9o46Also, remember....ALL HARD DRIVES FAIL. I don't care what anyone says. ALL of them WILL DIE eventually. I've seen comments here of opponents of cloud storage. I'm in the proponent camp on this because I've been seeing first hand for over 20 years the tears falling from peoples eyes that have lost decades of family photos because they didn't have a good, reliable back up. Remember that even external backups fail and 99% of people don't back up often enough. It's not "if" they fail, it's "when" they fail. I'm a fan of google drive. It's automatic, affordable and can be used as an actual drive letter on your computer. A truly wonderful product that I rely on myself.Hope all of this helps.
No I'm not a huge fan of Microsoft products
Well, I am.
No sense spending more than you need to if you aren't going to game all the time...those machines have serious processing power that isn't necessary to browse the interwebs, write emails, and compose the occasional document...
I've had so many issues with these little junk computers.Before I bought the POS I have now, I ordered a Dell. I suppose it wasn't Dell's fault but the initial load of Win 10 didn't have any user software on it. I didn't want to load a CD player app just so I could use the built in CD player plus drivers and every other app from photo viewer to solitaire. So I sent it back.I purchased this crappy little HP and it's literally breaking apart, the hinges are breaking out of the plastic case. So stupid me, I ordered another Dell, that one wouldn't charge the battery which my computer guy says is a typical Dell problem. Now I have Lavenco boat anchor that was shipped to me by NewEgg on Wednesday, it won't hook to the internet. And now I learn that Newegg didn't even sell it to me, it came from a 3rd party and now I fighting them to send it back. All I want is a 14in machine with 1TB hard drive and the usual plugins, slots, media and lit keyboard which can't be found at any retail store. I have no idea what is meant by Gen9 processors an superRAM ....just give me the size I want in a reliable package.Typing on this crappy HP hoping the screen doesn't break off from the keyboard
I recommend the Lenovo Ideapad 330s
I recommend Intel. Stay away from AMD processors like the plague.
You lost me after..“I’ve had..”I think I understand POS.Is that an acronym for “Processor Operating Software”...?Anyway, sounds like I could do with a little “digital enhancement”
Not to hijack the thread, but Luap, why don't you like AMD?I have an AMD A6-5200 17"HP that I got to do CAD. It's probably 5 yrs old but has performed well for me. I really like their new Ryzen product and was about to look for a replacement soon.
https://computers.woot.com/offers/hp-lenovo-14-i5-business-notebooks BOOM!Today only, refurbished Lenovo 14" T440 with 1TB drive, $399.-AJ
I do not doubt that your experience with Dell is real and correct. But I think there is a big difference between the consumer products and the business laptops e.g. of the Latitude 6000 and 7000 series and their successors. These things are built wonderfully (I happen to refurbish my own laptops from time to time). The same applies to Lenovo (the "bigger" ThinkPads are seriously superior to the not-so-expensive consumer´s stuff). That should be considered.To your opinion regarding hard drive failure and data backup I can happily agree.
Wow, thanks for the info. am undecided about refurb to be honest.
I'd like to get a Linux laptop, but my wife is the primary user and couldn't handle the idiosyncrasies of Linux.Joe
What idiosyncrasies are those? I ask because after 10 years as Windows user followed by 11 years as a Mac user, I just got a Linux-equipped laptop and it basically acts the same as the others. I haven't run into anything yet where I have to scratch my head and can't figure it out pretty quick. A few things are in different places but that even happens between versions of the same Windows or Mac OS ... ?Lannis
For example, in a Linux conversion I did 3 or 4 yrs ago; the user name could not contain any capital letters. It didn't say you couldn't use them, but if you did, it just resulted in a block with no indications why. Took forever to figure it out.And other minor stuff like that, but each one was a time wasting "paper cut." Still better than Win 10, but not competitive w Win 7.Joe
Refurbished is the only way I have bought my Thinkpads. The only reason I have updated has been outdated processing speeds and required ram with all of the current software and web demands. My 12 year old ThinkPad with the 286 processor is my grandson's play laptop when he visits. I did upgrade the hard drive to a larger one about six years ago, but the processing speeds were so slow it forced an upgrade. Everything still works on it as new. I bought a refurbished X1 carbon yoga 3 years ago and it is been perfect.Many businesses lease them for two or three years then sell them back to Lenovo who refreshes them and sells them as refurbished.