[keith smith]

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.

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.  

So far these cheap laptops have given me good service.

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.


 
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Keith Smith



On Wednesday, November 27, 2013 11:21 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
 
don;t get the cheapest. I bought the cheapest at  walmart's black friday sale and I think the hard drive is already dying.



:-)~MIKE~(-:


On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 9:24 AM, Stephen <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:

I have to say i have liked the internal design of the last two generations. Easy to work on and keep cleaned out.
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>well on the latitudes specifically, the inspirons were a PITA to work on.
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>On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 8:59 AM, keith smith <klsmith2020 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>Hi,
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>>I'm seeing some decent pricing on laptops for tomorrow night / Friday morning.
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>>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.  
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>>I'm looking at a Toshiba that is a decent build and has a really good price.  I owned a Toshiba about 12 years ago and was not very impressed.
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>>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.
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>>You thoughts on this matter are very important to me.
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>>Thanks!
>>Keith
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>A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
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