Elitebooks and Thinkpads are always pretty reliable and cheap as they sell frequently as refurbished business models.
I personally think the Lenovo Yoga series is the best all-around buy, as the Surface keyboard/stand isn't lap-friendly. Sincerely, Robert Pence 585-857-9081 call/text http://www.truefla.me On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 5:35 AM, Steve Tomporowski <[email protected]> wrote: > My family went with refurbished HP Elitebooks. The processor is an > i7-640m and they only went for $399.00. A very sturdy notebook. It's a > little on the heavy side since it has a metal frame. Came with Win7 > professional. We could have gone with the i5 version and saved another > $100. > > > On 4/16/2015 11:44 PM, Greg Sevart wrote: > >> I almost can't believe I'm about to say this... I had an opportunity to >> handle an HP Spectre x360 this week, and was very impressed. Supposedly it >> was designed in consultation with Microsoft. I didn't actually use the >> system, but the physical build was impressive, and a cursory examination >> of >> reviews reveals pretty high praise. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Hardware [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf >> Of Winterlight >> Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 4:43 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [H] Laptop recommendations >> >> I have never been much of a laptop guy because I have never been very >> mobile. I haven't paid much attention to what is available in the way of >> laptops because up to now what I require for mobile computing my phone has >> been able to accomplish. But things are about to change, at least for the >> rest of the year. I will be very mobile, on the go, and traveling by >> planes, >> and car probably carrying a laptop in a briefcase slung over my shoulder. >> >> I have a 08 Acer Aspire 6930 2GB dual core , 4GB RAM, with SSD BT + >> USB3 16 inch screen that sits in my bedroom and works great with Media >> Center and any kind of media that I can use that for entertainment, if >> traveling by car... but for carrying around, day to day work, and plane >> travel I need something else. >> >> I use a windows phone = Lumia 1020 with Win8.1 about to become Win 10 so I >> am thinking of a Surface PRO 3 with an I5 8GB of RAM. Anybody have any >> experience with one? Any other Laptop suggestions... I am open to any >> thing... comments ...warning.. suggestions? Thanks >> >> m >> >> >> >> >
