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[dooryder]

He would of gotton a Mac from us if he had finished school and Graduated...

I need one to finish!

 

[Puba]

Good excuse. Get your azz back there and finish young man, today things are hard without that grade 12 when your trying to get a good paying job.

 

[Cyle]

Good excuse. Get your azz back there and finish young man, today things are hard without that grade 12 when your trying to get a good paying job.

Ditch digger pays well I hear, don't need high school

Yea high school is pretty much expected but I can't talk because I don't got my diploma yet

 

[Mike270412]

I've got an acer.It's worked fine for me.Although all I use it for is playing on the internet.

 

[Puba]

Yup most of the good paying jobs are tougher to get with the level of competition out there.

And remember if it's got titties or tires it's gonna cost you, so you need money.

Ditch digger pays well I hear, don't need high school

Yea high school is pretty much expected but I can't talk because I don't got my diploma yet

 

[Cyle]

Yup most of the good paying jobs are tougher to get with the level of competition out there.

And remember if it's got titties or tires it's gonna cost you, so you need money.

Yea it all depends, i've got grade 12, but a few credits short of a diploma. No jobs care it's just the point. Getting a diploma should be a goal of everyone IMO.



As far as laptop brands though I had a toshiba after like 2 weeks the cd drive blew, but the warranty was very good about fixing it. And guess what! The repair place with in town I didn't have to send it away which is super nice.

I've got a gateway now for about 6 months. Really no comment on it yet, only used it for about 5 minutes LOL. Kinda wasted my money....

 

[sledhead_2002]

MacBook Pro ... the quintessential (quintessential - representing the perfect example of a class or quality) laptop on today's market!!!! IMO :d

YES i have a pro and luv it

 

[meierjn]

I spent around 5 years in the computer/networking industry before changing gears a few years back. I still try and stay up to date with what I can though. From my experiences supporting all kinds and types - the main number 1 problem many people have is they go out and buy these fancy new computers from all these companies who, by default, load them all up with a bunch of crap that messes up your computer from the start. Trial software, gaming accounts, brand specific "utilities", trial AV software, etc the list goes on and on... Most of this stuff is setup to run and start-up when you turn your computer on - which just hogs all your memory and once you start adding a few of your own things - just makes for a horrible and frustrating experience usually. And then people think they have "spyware" and download all these "free" AV and spyware removers, which may help temporarily, but themselves just run in the background and make things even slower most of the time. Probably about 9 times out of 10 one can make their computer faster and seem "like new" in about 10 seconds if they know how to easily disable all this crap. Problem is - most people don't know how to do this and get frustrated and just go and buy another one - the companies like this!! haha.

Anyway - from what I've seen and experienced - working with just about every brand of computer out there, when it comes to PC's anyway - when you take it out of the box do yourself a favor and format it, re-install a clean version of the OS then begin adding your own software (Word, Excel, full AV software, etc). You will have a much "cleaner" computer, and if you're careful not to download lots of "crap" and maintain the software - your computer will likely keep you happy for many years.

As noted earlier most companies have high and low end computers. Some obviously last longer than others. Different companies have different hardware features which may be a reason to buy one over another for you. But generally they all have the same or similar software - which causes most of the frustrations for people (see above).

One other recommendation I have is - if you can try and buy it through a business account or similar. If you ever do have a problem - the computer companies generally give MUCH MUCH better service to these sectors, which makes things easier as well. Most track this via the serial numbers - in some cases (HP use to do this I know) part of the serial # indicates where it was made (US, MX, CH, etc). Personal use serial numbers usually had MX or CH, but business computers mostly had US. Not necessarily saying anything bad about MX or CH, but the US ones generally lasted/worked much better.

Where I worked we used Dell. Good machines, good customer support (business account), and if you have the software setup correctly and maintain it every now and then its technology will probably be many years outdated before it gives up.




OR - JUST BUY A MAC - REALLY!


Sorry for the such lengthy response, but hopefully it helps some in yours and maybe others decision.

Ditto to all of that except the Mac thing (just personal preference). The corporate support for Dell is great. I've heard horror stories about consumer support from several companies including Dell. Consumer systems do indeed have a lot of k-rap installed that should be wiped. We have even found some questionable "malicious" software installed on systems purchased by staff for home use.

 

[RETODD]

Depends on the plans for it. If you plan to do any sort of gaming. PC is the ONLY option. Wouldn't ever buy a mac for the simple reason to do able to game you have to dual boot and run windows. Kind of a hypocrit if you buy a mac to only use windows ain't ya? :d

Correct if you are a gamer then go PC...I need to use software available for PC only...I do not trust dual boot as it exposes my machine to Windows badness...I run a program called Parallels which effectively creates a controlled hole in which I run XP that ensures no badness can leak out. Works great.

 

[Zar]

I have had good luck with Toshiba laptops. Durable and the operating system is a basic system. Good luck