I am a 15 year old student and I am going halves on a laptop with my mum and dad for my 16th birthday.
i was wondering what kind of laptop to get
i dont need to worry about inbuilt wireless as i will use a router and a netgear internet stick.
i will mostly use music (but wont doenload any on the laptop incase of viruses)
internet
word/powerpoint etc
i want one with good memory HD (at least 250 gb) a intel core 2 duo processor thats at least 2 GHz and 2gb RAM memory.
At the moment i am keen on the hp Pavilion dv6836TX notebook. i also wouldnt mind one thats no bigget then 15.4 inch
what else would be appropriate
i would love a mac but they are too much and stop saying free website. u find good deal here HELLO SCAMMER!!
Have you checked out the Apple laptops. I just bought my first apple, and I love it. You don’t have to worry about viruses at all. If you download anything at all that has a virus or something harmful, it does not install. They obviously have iTunes and that is great as well. If you have a iPod, then you will have nothing to worry about when linking it up with the new computer. I had mine custom built at apple with 4GB of RAM and 250GB of memory. I got a 15 inch screen. This laptop is super quick on the internet. I am very satisfied with my purchase, even though I was nervous buying an apple.
Try having someone build one for you. You can most likely spend less money because you can buy what you want.
chose a laptop for 1st thing battery back up and maintenance free
hp,hcl are good u decide now
Laptops-
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dude go to dell i think the have a really good laptop for 50h0$ its almost exactly what you want u can build the laptop you want its so good http://configure.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=ca&CS=cadhs1&l=en&OC=N1525CV_R_E
If you want to save some money and opt out of the Microsoft Office, there is a program on http://www.openoffice.org and it is very simular to Office. You can save your files with the appropriate extension, such as .xls for spreadsheets, .doc for documents, etc.
Be sure to get a good anti-virus software, and I would stay away from Norton and McAffee. They both are RAM hogs and are not that great. I use PC Cillian from Trend Micro and it was recommended to me from a friend who has a PhD in Computer Science.
Most laptops today come with a CD and or DVD burner(s) and USB drives so you can save data on CDs, DVDs, and flash drives.
dv6836tx is a good choice. you can take that