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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I only buy macs for my own and family
use. I know they aren't cheap, but the lack of hassle makes them
worthwhile for me. I have 13 year old twin boys. I got them a
second laptop, a nice dell laptop last year, they destroyed it
within 2 months. They share the macbook ever since(2 plus years).
I had to take their macbook in for repairs when they dropped it
down the stairs. The drive was squealing loudly.. I took it in,
they ran tests and i didn't pay a dime. It is still running fine.<br>
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My mac has 16gb of ram and I run all kinds of different os's in
virtualbox. <br>
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I do have several x64 laptops, but i use them as test systems. I
recently bought a toshiba laptop for less than $300. I am a big
proponent of buying last years model. They always come down in
price. <br>
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linda<br>
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On 5/12/14, 8:27 AM, Marc Thomas wrote:<br>
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There are tons of really good options to even more bad one.
My recommendation to everyone is not to be cheap. It may
seem like a deal now, but you will pay for it in a few
years, either buy having to replace it early, or spend money
and time on repairs.<br>
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The Lenova Thinkpad line of laptops are generally of a higher
quality than most mainstream laptops and range in price from
reasonable to expensive. They are not my preferred laptop, but
I know a lot of people that swear by them. If your will to
shell out a little extra money for some of the sharpest
looking, and most reliable laptops on the market, I would look
at the macbook air (11' and 13') and macbook pro (13', 15')
laptops. Macbooks are proven to have better hardware reliably
than most any other laptop manufacturer and their support
(apple care) is by far the best in the industry. Meaning if
something goes wrong, they will often offer to just give you a
new/refurbished one if they can't fix it for you at your local
Apple store.<br>
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<div>Another good brand to look at is System 76. Their laptops
are solid and pretty easy on the eyes. They come pre-loaded
with Ubuntu Linux though they can run Windows and Mac if you
really want to go that route (hackintosh). They give you some
of the best performance bang for the buck at mid range prices
with high end specs. Their support team has a good track
record as far as actually helping with you call/email.<br>
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<div>Hope that helps!<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 7:48 AM, Max
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<div class="">> In my experience… a computer that is used
daily costs about $300-$400<br>
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$300-$400/year of service?! I'm currently running a 4+ year
old<br>
Dell that cost $500 new, and haven't put in a dime to repair
it. It<br>
gets at least 4-5 hours of use per day. I usually keep
computers<br>
around 5-6 years, and the only repairs I've ever had to do
were<br>
replacing a keyboard (on a ThinkPad) and a backlight (on an
older<br>
Dell).<br>
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> For the PC-compatible laptops, who makes the most
reliable<br>
> consumer-class systems? Which of their product lines
are more<br>
> reliable?<br>
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I think I'm going to have to suggest ThinkPads just because
the repairs<br>
are so easy to do. It's also one of the few laptops on the
market<br>
available without a glossy screen (if that is important to
her). It<br>
also seems much better put together than the Dells I've had.<br>
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> Mostly she uses her computer for web browsing, email,
word processing<br>
> and spreadsheets. She would like something faster
than she has right<br>
> now, or at least better response times. Her current
computer has an<br>
> AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-60 2.0 GHz cpu, 3GB RAM.<br>
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Thanks for reminding me how much I love Bodhi/E17. ;)<br>
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