Recommendations for a laptop??

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We have an old Toshiba which still works fine , but slow. Wifey is now interested in using it for some streaming video and would like faster, + larger screen.

Any reason to spring what seems to be GiMormous bucks for an apple??? Looks like I could get a swell Dell for ?? $1000 ?

HP is having a blowout sale at the online store. Looks like I could get a beauty for ?? $800 out the door???

I have read that there are chips calle i3, i5, and i7. A radio guru said you should skip the 3, but the average joe does not need the 7. What's the 411 on that???
 
The Ipad® does not even come close to a Real Laptop.


I guess it is what ever floats your boat.
 
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Maybe, but I think it is more handy.

I sit in the yard with it, use it on the workbench in in the garage, or the countertop in the kitchen.
Carrying a full laptop seems like a burden now.
 
cacher_chick said:
Maybe, but I think it is more handy.

I sit in the yard with it, use it on the workbench in in the garage, or the countertop in the kitchen.
Carrying a full laptop seems like a burden now.
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It's amazing how everybody has to have big screen 3D TV's, then they want to watch TV and streaming movies on their cell phones or IPads!
Oh yeah; and they want to do email and Facebook on their TV's LOL
:rolleyes:
 
BobL43 said:
It's amazing how everybody has to have big screen 3D TV's, then they want to watch TV and streaming movies on their cell phones or IPads!
Oh yeah; and they want to do email and Facebook on their TV's LOL
:rolleyes:
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Well, that opens up a whole new world! We have a brand new Sony Bravia widescreen in the bedroom. Anyway to connect the toshiba to that????
 
jimbo said:
Well, that opens up a whole new world! We have a brand new Sony Bravia widescreen in the bedroom. Anyway to connect the toshiba to that????
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Maybe could, Depending on the Model.

The New HP Laptops have HDMI and would work.
 
DonL said:
Maybe could, Depending on the Model.

The New HP Laptops have HDMI and would work.
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Yep, my 2 year old Dell laptop has HDMI and I sometimes use it to watch a recorded mpeg movie from it, although with the Verizon FIOS I have, any photos or video I have on my main PC can be watched on any of my FIOS connected TV's with the FIOS Media Manager s/w if I run it on my PC. I have not used it for a while, but it does work well as I remember. The HDMI cable from the Laptop setup is great.
 
BobL43 said:
Yep, my 2 year old Dell laptop has HDMI and I sometimes use it to watch a recorded mpeg movie from it, although with the Verizon FIOS I have, any photos or video I have on my main PC can be watched on any of my FIOS connected TV's with the FIOS Media Manager s/w if I run it on my PC. I have not used it for a while, but it does work well as I remember. The HDMI cable from the Laptop setup is great.
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I have used a few VGA converters but most are a joke.

HDMI is the way to go.

I have a feeling that jimbo's Laptop it to old to have HDMI and his HDTV is to new to have a VGA input.


I wonder how big jimbo's bathroom TV is...
 
DonL said:
I have a feeling that jimbo's Laptop it to old to have HDMI and his HDTV is to new to have a VGA input.


I wonder how big jimbo's bathroom TV is...
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True on both counts. It is a 48 , but in the bedroom, not the bathroom!~
 
cacher_chick said:
If most of what she will do is movies and surf the net, you might consider an iPad.
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I was just going to recommend a Macbook Pro or a Mac. If you're willing to shell out $1,000.00 for a laptop or computer alike, then you might as well consider looking into a Mac. Go online. You may find better prices on there and save yourself from going to a Mac store. The Macbook Pro and Mac are both versatile and have large monitor displays. Their performances are also tremendous, in terms of running multiple programs simultaneously.
 
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