<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt">4 years ago I bought the cheapest black Friday laptop I could find. It was $370 and an HP. Not much power and not much RAM. I've used that laptop as a LAMP server (PHP Dev box) for the past 2 years. Does just fine.<br><br>2 years ago I bought a cheap laptop just before Black Friday, It also cost $370 and is an HP with more CP and RAM. I use it for my desktop with an external keyboard, mouse, and monitor. <br><br>So far these cheap laptops have given me good service.<br><br>I have not had many hardware issues over the years. I started buying computers 26 years ago. I think the reason is I use top shelf power strips.<br><div><span><br></span></div><div> </div><div>------------------------<br>Keith Smith</div><div style="display: block;"
class="yahoo_quoted"> <br> <br> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Wednesday, November 27, 2013 11:21 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv0054681459"><div><div dir="ltr">don;t get the cheapest. I bought the cheapest at walmart's black friday sale and I think the hard drive is already dying.<br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv0054681459gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>:-)~MIKE~(-:</div>
<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv0054681459gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 9:24 AM, Stephen <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:cryptworks@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:cryptworks@gmail.com">cryptworks@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv0054681459gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div dir="ltr">I have to say i have liked the internal design of the last two generations. Easy to work on and keep cleaned out.<div><br clear="none"></div><div>well on the latitudes specifically, the inspirons were a PITA to work on.</div>
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<span title="plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org">Hi,</span></div>
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<span title="plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org">I'm seeing some decent pricing on laptops for tomorrow night / Friday morning.</span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;">
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<span title="plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org">I have several HP's and find them to be decent laptops. I use Dell for my desktop computers and have really enjoyed their products. <br clear="none">
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<span title="plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org">I hear there is only 4 manufactures of laptop components, so I am wondering if the company that does the assembly and puts their name on the finish product is all that important.</span></div>
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<span title="plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org">You thoughts on this matter are very important to me.</span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;">
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<span title="plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org">Thanks!</span></div>
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