Hi Andy and Johnny,
I agree with all you said Andy, but I wanted to add a couple of points:
one is that sometimes portability doesn't mean easily carrying it around
with you all day; it often means being able to move it to the bedroom, or
the living room easy-chair, or where-ever suits you at the moment. that's
actually how almost everyone I know uses their laptop, and why they bought
a
laptop. oh we sometimes put it in the car to go somewhere else, but
you're
right; if you're going to want to use this on the bus every day, you
should
look at netbooks, and the ultra small laptops that weigh under 3 pounds,
but
which are definitely laptops and not netbooks.
myself, I've seen too many complaints about the speed of netbook
processors,
especially trying to deal with synthetic speech, screen readers, and some
large program like MS Word, to ever think of a netbook as anything but a
secondary computer, bought after I bought my main computer.
Johnny I know you want brand names, and I have a Dell, and before that a
Thinkpad, and my next one is likely to be a Thinkpad again, but it's
because
they have the features I want, and perhaps at the price I think is good,
but
it's not really because of their brand name.
so, I'd spend time thinking of features, after you make the broader
decision
of netbook, laptop, or desktop.
my own prejudices: I'd say you should buy a laptop not a netbook or a
desktop, and you should get wifi and bluetooth and a dvd burner. you'll
pay
more for less weight, but do so if you have to carry it a lot, and put one
of the extended life batteries in it and at least 4 gb of ram, even if you
end up with a 32 bit system you'll be able to use mostly all of the ram.
that's a big decision point: do you want to avoid the 64 bit systems
(maybe
buy 32 bit windows 7 even if you get a 64 bit processor)?
some people think that's better because it will certainly run more
software
right now, and the extra speed of 64 bits (for the same dollar value) is
hardly noticable.
I don't know how I feel about this; some of the answer depends on if you
have very specific hardware or software you just have to be able to use;
if
so, you'll need to check out if they will work under 64 bit.
hth,
Chip
-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Baracco [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 5:19 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Laptop recommendations
Well, this is a difficult one, without more info about what your needs
are,
and what is important to you. How do you plan to use the laptop? why a
laptop and not a desktop. The main advantage of a laptop is portability.
But if you want a large screen and a full keyboard, you will have a
machine
that is so heavy and bulky that you won't find it to be very portable.
True
portability and light weight will mean a smaller screen and a keyboard
that
has fewer keys, and smaller keys. So it's really a tradeoff. 3 years
ago,
I bought a Dell laptop with a 14 inch screen. it weighs about 5.5 pounds.
i purchased a USB numpad so I would have basically a full keyboard. It
didn't turn out to be as portable as I liked, so I bought an Asus netbook.
it has a 10 inch display and weighs about 3 pounds. The keys are smaller,
and i have never felt really comfortable with the keyboard. But it is
portable, and will fit nicely into my briefcase. So my best advice would
be
to go to a computer store and put your fingers on some machines and see
what
feels good to you. Remember that it will be wasted money if you don't
like
the feel, and thus don't use the machine.
Andy
At 12:41 PM 12/31/2009, you wrote:
Hello list,
What works best with WE?
Please be so kind as to let me know what you have decided on in a
laptop. Please! I am not wishing to start any kind of debate, I'm
mearly wanting to know what folks are personally settleing on in a
laptop, not a netbook. Give me brand name and model number if you can.
Specific additional specs like which processor, or how big of a hard
drive you got is not important at this time. If you wish to tell me
more, please save the list and write to me personally.
Thanks so much,
Happy New Year 2010 to one and all!
Blessings,
Johnny Chilelli
Piano Tuner/Technician since 1977
Making Pianos Smile Everywhere!
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