I went through this very thing in September. I bought a Lenovo laptop,
and it had so many weird key assignments, such as getting foreign
characters instead of numbers and symbols on the row above querty, that
I took it back. Lenovo's tech support was worse than useless. I
\\\\\\\\bought an HP and had some of the same troubles, but to a lesser
extent. I took it back. I purchased a Dell by calling them and telling
them what I wanted. I had avoided them initially, even though my last
one that is 7 years old was a Dell, because I thought they would be so
much more money. As it turned out, they had what I needed for $65 less
than I paid for the HP. I'd check out Dell first to see what price you
can get. If it's not out of line with what you can afford, go for it.
If not, then check out the one you want elsewhere carefully to be sure
the numpad works for WE navigation and commands and that the keys type
what they are supposed to. Also on the Lenovo, there was some special
Lenovo window that interfered with everything and was always in the
Alt-Tab cycle. You couldn't close it or delete it. Lenovo tech support
had never heard of it, nor could they find out anything to explain it to me.
TTFN,
Marilyn
On 11/26/2012 5:55 AM, Chao, Matthew (DOC) wrote:
Hi, Folks. I'm in the process of possibly ordering a new laptop, as I haven't
bought a new one in the past seven years, and want to get a Windows 7-equipped
laptop before everyone goes to Windows 8. Can anyone recommend a good laptop
or ultrabook that works well with WE 7.5.4.1, has Windows 7 Professional, is of
high quality, and has minimal bloatware? I've seen posts that, for example,
raise problems with Lenovos and some Dells. Please advise, as I need to make a
decision relatively quickly. Thanks in advance.--Matthew Chao
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