Any suggestions what make to buy? I had three HP's over the years, but this last one was defective out of the box. The retailer as well as the factory both said they were not willing to make it good, that the other was the party to go to.
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I'm running an Acer these days....bought during the dark days of lockdowns.....4 years now.
I've had HP, Compaq, Toshiba..... this one seems to work well. Compaq and Toshiba both died with 'broken memory' cards.
I've had HP, Compaq, Toshiba..... this one seems to work well. Compaq and Toshiba both died with 'broken memory' cards.
We always have Dells at work.
They've been very good.
They've been very good.
For work I buy refurbished Toughbooks I get 5 years out of them
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I have always bought Dell laptops. Get one that has an AMD Ryzen chipset instead of the Intel.
The Ryzen chipset boots up so much faster. No waiting. Go to Dell website and look on the outlet.
The Ryzen chipset boots up so much faster. No waiting. Go to Dell website and look on the outlet.
I have bought a few Dells myself. Riding around on the tool truck with the lid open (because I forgot to close it) is a rough environment. My present one has a solid state drive (SSD) and a touch screen. It works fantastic after many years. I spilled so many times onto the keyboard that the it doesn't work well so I plugged in an old keyboard I had (a Dell also) and I sure like my Logitech wireless mouse. I have a new ASUS when this one craps out but I don't think it will.
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I've got an Acer that i use as a back up computer here in my household.
A good machine.
My computer guru, technician, likes it, and tells me they are an excellent computer.
Good luck with your decision.
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Just be careful about refurbished computers with solid state hard disks. Some cheap no-name solid state drives don't last. I'd buy a new computer from a brand name.
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Once I used an ASUS I never went back. Now that I am retired I haven’t used a laptop in over a year. I do everything on my iPad I used to use the laptop for. The only thing I find more cumbersome on the iPad is apples version of excel and word, but since I’m not writing documents or generating spreadsheets, I don’t really miss the laptop at all.
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If you don't need all the "Bloat ware" go with a chrome book.
Been using them for 5 years now.
Been using them for 5 years now.
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Well I have a bit of everything, I'm also writing this on an iPad. This isn't in any particular order but may give you ideas.
1 Lower end HP with windows 11. Terrible, was better with extra memory, and better again when I switched it to Ubuntu.
2 one of the last Intel MacBook Pros, still does the basics well. It was used and aging out at work so they gave it to me.
3 new M4 macbook air, priciest option but a great computer for the price. If I can only have one that's it.
4 and 5 are used Dell laptops, one was free and the other was cheap from ebay, both good but the ebay deal didn't have the advertised ram. They are windows 10 era machines which is another potential problem, one got Ubuntu and the other ESU with Win10.
1 Lower end HP with windows 11. Terrible, was better with extra memory, and better again when I switched it to Ubuntu.
2 one of the last Intel MacBook Pros, still does the basics well. It was used and aging out at work so they gave it to me.
3 new M4 macbook air, priciest option but a great computer for the price. If I can only have one that's it.
4 and 5 are used Dell laptops, one was free and the other was cheap from ebay, both good but the ebay deal didn't have the advertised ram. They are windows 10 era machines which is another potential problem, one got Ubuntu and the other ESU with Win10.
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I have had and used HPs for years now. The Military used them a lot when I was in, so it just became a natural progression for me. I buy them still today. When I do, I also will upgrade myself on the Ram and SSD, etc., and CPU, to run them better so they do a nice job of it, and I can keep the costs low. One does not have to spend a bucket for the latest and greatest machine if they have some tech savvy and can upgrade it by themselves...cr8crshr/Bill 
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Microcenter in Westmont Il.
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Are you a gamer??? I wouldn't spend that amount on any computer!!! They are a tool and not an entertainment toy as far as I am concerned. It does have some great internals though, so I am guessing why that store in Westmont, IL is charging that much. And, the OPS System isn't shown either...cr8crshr/Bill
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Yeah ..it shows windows 11 in the ad....
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The gamer question is pretty critical.
I spent about that much on my latest Mac. Part of that is I'm in the software profession and do things that tax a system (not gaming but comparable loads), but even if I wasn't I'm ok with it if I think its a machine that will last. I saw this thread had a reply just as I was doing something on my old Mac PB, so I clicked around to find its age, its from 2015.
Its 11 years old and still receiving updates, if my new Mac is doing that in 2035 then I feel I am getting my money's worth. Yes I also have cheaper laptops that I get for very little so they are a great bang for the buck but they are also a very limited in what they can do.
I spent about that much on my latest Mac. Part of that is I'm in the software profession and do things that tax a system (not gaming but comparable loads), but even if I wasn't I'm ok with it if I think its a machine that will last. I saw this thread had a reply just as I was doing something on my old Mac PB, so I clicked around to find its age, its from 2015.
Its 11 years old and still receiving updates, if my new Mac is doing that in 2035 then I feel I am getting my money's worth. Yes I also have cheaper laptops that I get for very little so they are a great bang for the buck but they are also a very limited in what they can do.
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