Off Topic Lap Top Computer Recommendation

[Doofrat]

From what I’ve seen and experiences from the early 2000s, Gateway had horrible customer service, really really really bad. No idea how it is now, but it was really to the power of three bad back then, so maybe it’s only one or two really’s now.

I even recommended a co-worker against buying a Gateway laptop once because of how bad their customer service was, but he thought they had a good deal. A few months later, they had lost his several month old laptop after he returned it for service and sent him a “new” one with coffee stains on it and crumbs in the keyboard.

[kev374]

If all you want to do is word/excel, watching videos/DVDs, music and surfing the net then you may want to consider a 10″ netbook instead. I bought a Asus EEE 1000HA recently and could not be happier. At 3.2lbs it is an absolute joy to cart around when travelling and the Atom processor is much faster than I expected. Not to mention the 1000HA gives an astounding 5 hrs of battery life on a single charge which makes a huge difference on the road.

[quote=afx114]You won’t regret it. Apple is the BMW of computers.[/quote]

absolutely the BMW of computers, overpriced for what they offer and unreliable 😛

[kev374]

If all you want to do is word/excel, watching videos/DVDs, music and surfing the net then you may want to consider a 10″ netbook instead. I bought a Asus EEE 1000HA recently and could not be happier. At 3.2lbs it is an absolute joy to cart around when travelling and the Atom processor is much faster than I expected. Not to mention the 1000HA gives an astounding 5 hrs of battery life on a single charge which makes a huge difference on the road.

[quote=afx114]You won’t regret it. Apple is the BMW of computers.[/quote]

absolutely the BMW of computers, overpriced for what they offer and unreliable 😛

[kev374]

If all you want to do is word/excel, watching videos/DVDs, music and surfing the net then you may want to consider a 10″ netbook instead. I bought a Asus EEE 1000HA recently and could not be happier. At 3.2lbs it is an absolute joy to cart around when travelling and the Atom processor is much faster than I expected. Not to mention the 1000HA gives an astounding 5 hrs of battery life on a single charge which makes a huge difference on the road.

[quote=afx114]You won’t regret it. Apple is the BMW of computers.[/quote]

absolutely the BMW of computers, overpriced for what they offer and unreliable 😛

[kev374]

If all you want to do is word/excel, watching videos/DVDs, music and surfing the net then you may want to consider a 10″ netbook instead. I bought a Asus EEE 1000HA recently and could not be happier. At 3.2lbs it is an absolute joy to cart around when travelling and the Atom processor is much faster than I expected. Not to mention the 1000HA gives an astounding 5 hrs of battery life on a single charge which makes a huge difference on the road.

[quote=afx114]You won’t regret it. Apple is the BMW of computers.[/quote]

absolutely the BMW of computers, overpriced for what they offer and unreliable 😛

[kev374]

If all you want to do is word/excel, watching videos/DVDs, music and surfing the net then you may want to consider a 10″ netbook instead. I bought a Asus EEE 1000HA recently and could not be happier. At 3.2lbs it is an absolute joy to cart around when travelling and the Atom processor is much faster than I expected. Not to mention the 1000HA gives an astounding 5 hrs of battery life on a single charge which makes a huge difference on the road.

[quote=afx114]You won’t regret it. Apple is the BMW of computers.[/quote]

absolutely the BMW of computers, overpriced for what they offer and unreliable 😛

[meadandale]

[quote=kev374]
absolutely the BMW of computers, overpriced for what they offer and unreliable 😛 [/quote]

+1

[meadandale]

[quote=kev374]
absolutely the BMW of computers, overpriced for what they offer and unreliable 😛 [/quote]

+1

[meadandale]

[quote=kev374]
absolutely the BMW of computers, overpriced for what they offer and unreliable 😛 [/quote]

+1

[meadandale]

[quote=kev374]
absolutely the BMW of computers, overpriced for what they offer and unreliable 😛 [/quote]

+1

[meadandale]

[quote=kev374]
absolutely the BMW of computers, overpriced for what they offer and unreliable 😛 [/quote]

+1

[HereWeGo]

[quote=urbanrealtor]
Here is my question: I intend to purchase a new dell vostro and downgrade it to xp. Do dells generally have lots of proprietary drivers to deal with?
[/quote]

I think Dell takes care of everything, ur. It’s an extra $100 for Dell to install XP pro, but probably well worth the money.

[HereWeGo]

[quote=urbanrealtor]
Here is my question: I intend to purchase a new dell vostro and downgrade it to xp. Do dells generally have lots of proprietary drivers to deal with?
[/quote]

I think Dell takes care of everything, ur. It’s an extra $100 for Dell to install XP pro, but probably well worth the money.

[HereWeGo]

[quote=urbanrealtor]
Here is my question: I intend to purchase a new dell vostro and downgrade it to xp. Do dells generally have lots of proprietary drivers to deal with?
[/quote]

I think Dell takes care of everything, ur. It’s an extra $100 for Dell to install XP pro, but probably well worth the money.

[HereWeGo]

[quote=urbanrealtor]
Here is my question: I intend to purchase a new dell vostro and downgrade it to xp. Do dells generally have lots of proprietary drivers to deal with?
[/quote]

I think Dell takes care of everything, ur. It’s an extra $100 for Dell to install XP pro, but probably well worth the money.

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