Re: Laptop recommendations?

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We, as in the kids and I, all have Dell laptops right now, not because they 
 are a great laptop but more from price. Over the past 15 yrs between us we 
have  gone through most of the brands and with the exception of maybe Acer, 
they have  all coped with what we throw at them. They do get out of date 
very quickly  though so we reckon on a 3-4 yr life cycle with them. 
Things that I look for - number of USB ports, i/o jacks (kids music),  
overall memory, photo card socket. If you use it with a projector, then the  
right connection for that is important (my newer one has usb connector). 
Kate

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In a message dated 10/2/2012 5:14:32 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
dellis@ahs.org writes:

We are  investigating purchase of a laptop to be shared among our editorial 
staff,  with a budget under $800. Ideally something portable for travel, 
fast and with  lots of memory, decent battery life, and WindowsOS.  Can those 
of you who  use laptops for garden writing/editing offer advice or comments 
on what you  are using?
Thanks,
David
David J. Ellis
Director of Communications  and
Editor of The American Gardener

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