[AT] OT - Laptop reccomendations

[Ed Stewart]

Hi Mike, I do a lot of computer repair and upgrading here  and build a 
few new systems from scratch for people  also, My advice is to stay away 
from HP, Dell and  for sure eMachine. Both HP and Dell have very poor 
tech support unless you speak fluent spanish or Indian, and then they 
are to poorly trained to be of much help anyway. I have had many 
eMachines here and they are cheap junk built with the cheapest parts and 
also want a credit card to talk to them after your year is up. Gateway 
is also not so good when you need parts or help. I would recommend 
Toshiba or IBM myself. as for wireless, there is about any device you 
could want available. I have three computers online here. My Linux-Unix 
machine, my wifes XP pro machine and my grandkids win98 box on a wired 
ethernet and have several extra cables for machines being worked on and 
also a wireless hot spot right here. Ed

msm10301 at juno.com wrote:
> I've been thinking about sidelining our desktop and switching to a laptop instead. Ideally, I would like to install a wireless router so that my wife and I are not tied to the desk if we want to surf the web or read email. My question is, what type should I be looking for, and what features are important? I know very little about the chip sets used in laptops, and how they compare with the ones used in desktops. Here's what I would need the laptop to do. Internet and email (wireless), Microsoft Office applications, digital camera storage. Our desktop is a PIII 1GZ and it works just fine for what we do. Any thoughts with regards to brands/features would be appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Mike
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