Hi,
Newbie here. Want to buy my first lap top prinarily for use at Uni, taking
notes from library material with Word, and also internet research and email.
Want to pay a reasonable, entry-level price; can't afford any thing flash.
Home computer is not a Mac, so don't want a mac laptop. Any recommendations
for a good value, reasonable powerful, reliable machine,;what should I look
out for, what elements are essential, what are the traps for new players? I
know very little about megs and rams and roms and rems and bytes and bits
and bobs ...
BP.

Just about any major brand laptop will do. Watch the Sunday sale adds. I
picked up a Compaq, Celeron M, 1.4ghz, 256mb of ram, 40gb hard drive,
DVDROM/cdrw and inbuilt wireless for $499 after rebates at Compusa. That
would do her just fine and you would only need to add the Office suite for
students and teachers, which is much less than the full blown version.
Today's ads have a comparable Toshiba for $599 at Best Buys. Circuit City
has basically the same machine I bought at the same price $499.

"BottyPops" <bottypops@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Hi,
Newbie here. Want to buy my first lap top prinarily for use at Uni, taking
notes from library material with Word, and also internet research and email.
Want to pay a reasonable, entry-level price; can't afford any thing flash.
Home computer is not a Mac, so don't want a mac laptop. Any recommendations
for a good value, reasonable powerful, reliable machine,;what should I look
out for, what elements are essential, what are the traps for new players? I
know very little about megs and rams and roms and rems and bytes and bits
and bobs ...
BP.

Are those prices in Singapore, Canadian, US or Australian dollars?
BP/

"Jimbo" <spamnot@spamnot.com> wrote in message
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Dell is having some great deals right now. You can get 6 months no interest
if you apply for, and qualify for, a Dell Preferred Account. I would not
purchase a Compaq under any circumstances. If I had to list my preferences
they would be Dell, Toshiba, Acer, Sony, HP, Gateway and Fujitsu.

"BottyPops" <bottypops@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Sorry, I see now from the header that you are in Australia, my quotes are in
US dollars.

"BottyPops" <bottypops@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Are those prices in Singapore, Canadian, US or Australian dollars?
BP/

"Jimbo" <spamnot@spamnot.com> wrote in message
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