Chief Rick Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Wife needs a new laptop for work (school teacher). No Apple/Mac products, please. School relies heavily on Google docs and she uses the variety of M$ Office products. Other than that - just surfing the internet and watching videos/YouTube. Built-in DVD player a plus but not required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Look at Acer. Low prices, good quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 My wife thinks well of Lenovo. Both our desktops are Lenovo, as is her laptop. And the laptop she handed down to me. Not sure if it has a DVD player. Reasonable prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 4 hours ago, Father Kit Cool Gun Garth said: . ...... didn't they usta catch'd fire on airplanes ... ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Beware of the “low price” HP laptops from Best Buy. So freakin’ slow it’s like having a 286 again with a 56K modem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 I have had good service from both Acer and Lenovo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go West Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Costco has deals everyday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Best price for a Dell or HP is on Amazon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slapshot Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Stay away from the bottom end Lenovo's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Joker Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Once you get it look at Libre office suite. Freeware that has all the functionality of MS Office, and allows you to save docs in any file extension. Used to be open office but Oracle bought that. Was created by college students that were hacked off at the cost of Microsoft products Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawMan Mark, SASS #57095L Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 I bought identical Acer computers 4 years ago for myself and the wife. Had to replace a hard drive in hers, but otherwise, we're satisfied with them, and the price was good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go West Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 2 hours ago, Texas Joker said: Once you get it look at Libre office suite. Freeware that has all the functionality of MS Office, and allows you to save docs in any file extension. Used to be open office but Oracle bought that. Was created by college students that were hacked off at the cost of Microsoft products I've used Libre Office for several years now and like it. I used to use MS Office, but I got tired of expensive upgrades or the rental version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 3 hours ago, Texas Joker said: Once you get it look at Libre office suite. Freeware that has all the functionality of MS Office, and allows you to save docs in any file extension. Used to be open office but Oracle bought that. Was created by college students that were hacked off at the cost of Microsoft products Oracle got that when they bought Sun. Got rid of it since developing free software was not interesting business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El CupAJoe Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 9 hours ago, Slapshot said: Stay away from the bottom end Lenovo's. I think that goes for bottom end anything, the best Lenovo's are the ones that are marketed to IT departments, they have features like hardware you can replace without voiding your warranty, (including mother boards which Is crazy on a laptop) (at least they did when I was using them a while back). I've found good deals by buying show room sample laptops at the end of the season. just be aware that if battery life is important, don't go that route, laptops that are plugged in for a year have bad batteries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irish ike, SASS #43615 Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 It is next to impossible to find a laptop or tower unit that has a disc drive any more. The internet speeds and clouds have eliminated the need. Me I bought an external disc drive so I could play my music and movie CD's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go West Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Check for specs that appeal to you such as processor speed and RAM. I like the SSD storage, not a fan of the cloud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 What OS do most have? I'm still using Windows 7 Pro on my desktop. Heard so many problems with W10 and W11 that I'm reluctant to go with either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 44 minutes ago, Trailrider #896 said: What OS do most have? I'm still using Windows 7 Pro on my desktop. Heard so many problems with W10 and W11 that I'm reluctant to go with either. I have windows 11 on two computers. No problems at all. Lenovo and Acer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 17 hours ago, Texas Joker said: Once you get it look at Libre office suite. Freeware that has all the functionality of MS Office, and allows you to save docs in any file extension. Used to be open office but Oracle bought that. Was created by college students that were hacked off at the cost of Microsoft products Thanks for the lead! Just downloaded this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slapshot Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 14 hours ago, El CupAJoe said: I think that goes for bottom end anything, the best Lenovo's are the ones that are marketed to IT departments, they have features like hardware you can replace without voiding your warranty, (including mother boards which Is crazy on a laptop) (at least they did when I was using them a while back). I've found good deals by buying show room sample laptops at the end of the season. just be aware that if battery life is important, don't go that route, laptops that are plugged in for a year have bad batteries. I think now days it doesn't apply as much as it used to when I was younger, neither does the old saying you pay for what you get meaning the more you pay the better the item. Just doesn't work like that now in my experience last 5-10 years. That all said I have always had great luck with the Dell line around the $500 ish dollar mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Joker Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 23 hours ago, Texas Joker said: Once you get it look at Libre office suite. Freeware that has all the functionality of MS Office, and allows you to save docs in any file extension. Used to be open office but Oracle bought that. Was created by college students that were hacked off at the cost of Microsoft products Pay attention to your file extensions when you save. Drop down radio button let's you change them. If emailing make sure they are common .xls .doc so other people can open them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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