I was hoping to get some opinions/suggestions on getting a new laptop. I'm not committed to any store/brand. Here is what my wife and I will and won't be using it for.
Budget is $750 for the laptop. (shipping won't be factored into the budget)
Have to purchase MS Office Student (full version, not upgrade). Sam's Club $122 (cheaper anywhere?)
What we will use it for:
Wife will work from home on it - Word, Excel, VPN (networking to work desktop pc)
We will wirelessly connect to our internet
We will use it as our main iTunes hub and store all our music on it (podcasts and ~3,000 songs)
Take it with us on trips, etc.
Watch movies on it
Burn dvd's (dual layer)
Connect external HD to burn dvd's/backup our desktop pc files
What we will NOT use it for:
My graphic design business (no major Adobe programs will be put on it)
Storage/backup of misc. files.
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Misc.:
Has to have Vista.
Since it will store our music I want to have about 250gb of hd space (recommend other size?)
2gb of ram (recommend other size?)
Wireless network capability (built in?)
Speed isn't a major issue, since it won't be working with ram heavy programs.
Screen size isn't a major issue.
These are two I just pulled up as starting points. References really.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834101152
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834107013
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Any ideas/suggestions would be great. I know there are plenty of CAG's out there with much more knowledgeable than me when it comes to this. Thanks again!
Budget is $750 for the laptop. (shipping won't be factored into the budget)
Have to purchase MS Office Student (full version, not upgrade). Sam's Club $122 (cheaper anywhere?)
What we will use it for:
Wife will work from home on it - Word, Excel, VPN (networking to work desktop pc)
We will wirelessly connect to our internet
We will use it as our main iTunes hub and store all our music on it (podcasts and ~3,000 songs)
Take it with us on trips, etc.
Watch movies on it
Burn dvd's (dual layer)
Connect external HD to burn dvd's/backup our desktop pc files
What we will NOT use it for:
My graphic design business (no major Adobe programs will be put on it)
Storage/backup of misc. files.
[FONT=times new roman,new york,times,serif]
Misc.:
Has to have Vista.
Since it will store our music I want to have about 250gb of hd space (recommend other size?)
2gb of ram (recommend other size?)
Wireless network capability (built in?)
Speed isn't a major issue, since it won't be working with ram heavy programs.
Screen size isn't a major issue.
These are two I just pulled up as starting points. References really.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834101152
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834107013
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Any ideas/suggestions would be great. I know there are plenty of CAG's out there with much more knowledgeable than me when it comes to this. Thanks again!