Comments on: Which laptop should I buy? http://probargainhunter.com/2006/11/14/which-laptop-should-i-buy/ News, Tips and Resources for Online Bargain Hunters Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:56:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: probargainhunter http://probargainhunter.com/2006/11/14/which-laptop-should-i-buy/#comment-581 probargainhunter Wed, 15 Nov 2006 06:49:26 +0000 http://probargainhunter.com/2006/11/14/which-laptop-should-i-buy/#comment-581 I will have to stop by my local Circuit City tomorrow and get a hold of one of these Compaqs. A laptop is a very personal gadget and if say I don't like how the keyboard keys click... no Compaq for me then. :-) On top of that, it has to run silently so it doesn't wake up my wife quietly snoring by my side (that is what she is doing right now). Next, it has to stay cool, literally. My IBM produces so much heat that after an hour or so I can no longer hold it on my lap - it is just too hot! As it turns out I have a lot of requirements for my future laptop and CPU/memory are far not the first in the list. I will have to stop by my local Circuit City tomorrow and get a hold of one of these Compaqs. A laptop is a very personal gadget and if say I don’t like how the keyboard keys click… no Compaq for me then. :-)

On top of that, it has to run silently so it doesn’t wake up my wife quietly snoring by my side (that is what she is doing right now).

Next, it has to stay cool, literally. My IBM produces so much heat that after an hour or so I can no longer hold it on my lap - it is just too hot!

As it turns out I have a lot of requirements for my future laptop and CPU/memory are far not the first in the list.

]]> By: Scott http://probargainhunter.com/2006/11/14/which-laptop-should-i-buy/#comment-578 Scott Wed, 15 Nov 2006 05:15:29 +0000 http://probargainhunter.com/2006/11/14/which-laptop-should-i-buy/#comment-578 Circuit City one for sure! It is "good enough", and cheapest amongst them all. It should run circles around your old IBM -- well at least before you upgrade it to Vista Basic :) While I agree that the old IBM thinkpads are very solid, the old Compaqs are not too bad. We used to buy them for our IT department, before we switched to Dell. Not sure about the new ones though. Circuit City one for sure! It is “good enough”, and cheapest amongst them all. It should run circles around your old IBM — well at least before you upgrade it to Vista Basic :)

While I agree that the old IBM thinkpads are very solid, the old Compaqs are not too bad. We used to buy them for our IT department, before we switched to Dell. Not sure about the new ones though.

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