From: youmustbejoking@lan.invalid   
      
   On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 20:28:49 -0400, Jim Beard wrote:   
      
   > I have been toying with the idea of buying a laptop for 2 or 3   
   > years now, and the possibility of Winblows Ate leading to   
   > indigestion has me inclined to buy one sooner rather than later.   
   >   
   > My basic want list is largest screen I can get, multi-core cpu,   
   > large hard drive, DVD R-W, and the usual assortment of connectors   
   > (ethernet, USB, ?anything else I will need?).  Battery life is   
   > not really important, as I expect to tether it to a wallwart for   
   > use, but desktops are too much trouble to assemble/disassemble   
   > and haul around in a car or maybe (if absolutely necessary) on an   
   > airplane.   
   >   
   > My don't want list includes anything by Toshiba, Sony, or other   
   > Japanese company, plus Lenovo.   
   >   
   > I looked at an HP DV76C63NR that has an i5 cpu 640GB HD and a   
   > Dell i17RN-2943BK that has an i3 and 500GB, both with 17-inch   
   > screens and Win7 64-bit home edition or some such, which I would   
   > likely shrink to maybe 50GB and keep for dual-boot, just in case   
   > I might need Willy's Wonker software.   
   >   
   > Comments?  Suggestions?   
      
   I can't imagine why you would have Lenovo on your "don't want" list.  I   
   have owned many laptops, and nothing else comes close.  I would never buy   
   anything else at this point.   
      
   Seriously, they're that good.   
      
   HP is junk, by the way.  It will fail the day after the warranty runs out.   
      
      
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