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Re: [LUG] Laptop advice, please.

 

On Mon, 2010-05-10 at 13:18 +0100, Rob Beard wrote:

> Personally though, I can't help but think it's a big waste of money, 
> these machines are crap specifications, run Windows and will be bogged 
> down with junkware and run like a dog.

I agree completely, I would rather get better spec than the various
extra service things that folks without computer experience *may* need,
but alas I have no choice on that.

> If it was me though and I was forced to choose, I'd go for the Samsung 
> (but also get hold of a clean copy of Windows 7 without the junkware and 
> install it from scratch).


Thanks, thats the kind of info I was hoping for, someone else to say
"yes, I'd go for the samsung"

-- 
John Williams
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http://subbass.blogspot.com/


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