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[mllelaurel]

So. My laptop is a piece of shit. It won't play DVDs anymore. It freezes up when faced with anything more challenging than a pageful of plain text. It won't defrag completely.

Conclusion? I need to buy a new computer stat, before I can't access the internet anymore and thus am rendered incapable of buying said new computer.

Discuss.

Basically, I need to know what laptops qualify as non-shitty. My bare qualifications are: DVD player/burner; able to connect to the internet; more harddrive space than my current 55 gigs.

I'm none-too-fond of the Mac interface, but if I'm given assurances that Macs are less likely to break the hell down, it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make.

Cheap would be nice, as I need an external harddrive and/or an ipod to move all my junk onto. I can't think of another way to transfer it from one harddrive to another, but then I'm no expert.

Comments

[mllelaurel.livejournal.com]

I'm definitely looking for a laptop, seeing as how it has to travel with me to Vermont. What's the approximate price range on the power-books?

[fandom-me.livejournal.com]

From about 1100.00-4000. *G* Depends on the bells and whistles. You can get what you want for under 2000, definitely.

[mllelaurel.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to hear that. I'm not looking for anything particularly fancy. Just something for internet, movies and paper writing.