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Recommendation for Laptop

chancer12 · 2007-12-14 12:10:02

Hi looking for a recommendation for laptop for home use. What spec shd I be looking at. want to load MS office, download music and use internet for study/general usage. Have always felt that Dell's service was useless but they do seem to have v good value. Got lovely desktop HPs at work n they gave huge probs after 6…

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chancer12

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Hi

looking for a recommendation for laptop for home use. What spec shd I be looking at. want to load MS office, download music and use internet for study/general usage. Have always felt that Dell's service was useless but they do seem to have v good value. Got lovely desktop HPs at work n they gave huge probs after 6 months - CONFUSED! All recommmendations most welcome. thanks

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#2 16-12-2007 4:22pm

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Are you looking specifically for a PC laptop of are you open to Mac suggestions?

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#3 16-12-2007 8:35pm

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budget ?
do you want portability or just something tidy ?
OpenOffice is a free alternative to M$Office for most uses apart from outlook

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#4 17-12-2007 9:01am

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PC please, also have copy of MS office, we get one free at work. Thanks

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#5 17-12-2007 9:10am

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You can't really go too far wrong with a Dell Vostro (under small business section), if you're looking for cheap and practical.

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#6 17-12-2007 12:23pm

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A vostro 1000 should do you fine for what you need.

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