New Laptop Needed Other Than A Mac

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  1. Royal Tee

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    Not going to get into details but IMO when looking for something in that price range I would get one on sale at COSTCO or Wait for an online coupon and build something that was $800 and add the coupon.

    I myself have 2 HPs. My main DJ Lap is over 5 years old and still going...
     
  2. Royal Tee

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    When I first read MS was doing that I thought it was a joke...Pretty amazing for them to do it though
     
  3. 74

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    That's how bad it sucked
     
  4. Hobbes3259

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    For those looking for laptops, this was in my inbox last night.

    Dear Consumers,

    Come shop ArrowDirect.com and save on all LAPTOPS!
    Use code "ARROW" for an extra 25% off already reduced notebook computers.

    (hence the I5 listing I posted above which showed at $321....=$240)



    HP COMPAQ ELITEBOOK 8740W 1.73GHZ INTEL CORE I7 EXTREME GEN1 320GB 8192MB
    • Color: Grey
    • Operating System: Windows 7 Pro
    • Display Size: 17
    • Webcam: Not Included
    • AC Adapter: Included
    • Condition Type: B Grade w/ OS

    Regular Price: $547.00Discounted Price:$492.30
    minus another 25%.

    $369.23...(always free shipping, and 30 days no questions asked returns)

    just sayin...




     
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  5. roger

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    Spam.
     
  6. Hobbes3259

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    Hardly dude.

    I used to be in charge of QC for retail assets in their Columbus division, I left the company last november.

    I am typing this on an HP 8440 I bought from them over a year ago. (I5, 6mb ram 320 gig hd, I paid about 250)

    They're legit.

    Plus you get none of that brand sponsored crapperware that you get when you buy from a regular retailer.

    Just Windows straight up. None of that annoying BS.
     
  7. TNJet

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    yep pretty much
     
  8. zace

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    With the handheld market lile it is.....they don't have a choice. The days of paying hundreds for office and windows are done. Hell you can do office online for free now.
     
  9. zace

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    Windows 8 was pretty bad. You get no argument whatsoever on that subject.
     
  10. NYJetsO12

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    Pressed for time. So I went on Amazon and ordered a new HP stream 13 with one year office 365 (Blue) Had nice reviews. Cost me $277 with 2 year warranty.
    I'll let you all know how that's working out

    Thanks again all for your help!
     
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  11. Royal Tee

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    I'm still on 7 on every lap/device/PC. I have everything stable...no need to move but from my understanding, 8.1 update is supposedly very good.
     
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    Apple is excited to announce that Mac now supports windows!

    [​IMG]
     
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    Just built wifey a new machine. Win8.1pro is stable and really versatile. There are options available in 8.1pro that are not available in 8.1 so be careful. I also brought wifey a 27" Dell touchscreen monitor to use with her new rig. I like it so much, mine is coming tomorrow. I'll upgrade from win7 ultimate to win 8.1pro IF I can't get the touchscreen to work. I'm really waiting on win10 but I'm not gonna put a beta OS on my main machine.
     
  15. zace

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    The betas always suck. Best wait till the update. Supposedly its sooooooo different they just skipped windows 9 and named it 10. Well see tho.
     
  16. NYJetsO12

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    Extremely helpful.

    Can't wait to get going using my new HP with 13 inch screen but looks like it will get job I need done
    Thanks lots again
     
  17. Royal Tee

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    Damn, Remember the PC build threads we had... I miss those ..
     
  18. Burnz

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    Builds are not hard
     
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    Yeah... What happened to it? I think it might be a good time to bring it back as this is the offseason and folks get pretty bored speculating about Wilkerson and such.
     
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    HP Stream delivered last night! Off to work with it now. Keep you posted
     
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