Ordered a new laptop

Marie5656

Marie5656

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I broke down and ordered a new laptop. Getting a Dell, with enough bells and whistles for what I will need. It even has a cd/dvd drive, which I guess is unusual these days.
I had to take my old one off life support. Just need to get the hard drive out before I recycle it.
The new one will be delivered Monday. Going to take the opportunity to change all passwords. So for now I am on my kindle and my older laptop, which will suit me for the weekend.
 

Ha!! we're doing similar things Marie.:D I've just got a new Mac desk top to replace my old one , but it needs all formatting etc, so until my hubs has time to do it, I'm using windows on my laptop...talk about out of my comfort zone..it's very odd to be using windows, and also sitting with the laptop on my knee, I really much prefer the MAC desktop.

I hope your new Dell Lappy last you a long time...
 
Holly, we are different in that I prefer Windows. Could never get the hang of a Mac. I think I will enjoy the Dell. It has good enough Amazon reviews. I cannot wait.
 

Good luck with your new computer. I doubt I could ever get one up and running. My daughter handles all my computer needs. My son has an Apple which just looking at it gives me the chills.
 
Marie5656 said:
I broke down and ordered a new laptop. Getting a Dell, with enough bells and whistles for what I will need. It even has a cd/dvd drive, which I guess is unusual these days.
I had to take my old one off life support. Just need to get the hard drive out before I recycle it.
The new one will be delivered Monday. Going to take the opportunity to change all passwords. So for now I am on my kindle and my older laptop, which will suit me for the weekend.
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If you don't mind, what model Dell are you getting? My Dell laptop is six years old and it's starting to act up. This morning when I turned it on I only got a white screen. So I shut it off and tried again and it gave me a screen with the message that it was unable to start and would I like it to start some kind of repair attempt. So I clicked on that and it kept me hanging for about 10 minutes going through some kind of process but it apparently was able to fix itself because it started. I also sometimes get a fancy light display on my screen that looks like the aurora borealis. Apparently that's from the cable that connects to my display getting worn out. Since this is my only internet access I really should be getting something for back up. So I'm thinking about shopping around. I like Dells.

I've been putting it off because A. I'm cheap and B. My current computer has Windows 7 and I am not looking forward to having to get used to a new system. I suppose that would be Windows 10.
 
My husband and I each have a desktop and a laptop, all four run Windows 7. Like Trade, we're holding off for as long as possible before moving to Windows 10. Recent news accounts of Microsoft's glitchy automatic updates are hardly confidence-inspiring.
 
StarSong said:
My husband and I each have a desktop and a laptop, all four run Windows 7. Like Trade, we're holding off for as long as possible before moving to Windows 10. Recent news accounts of Microsoft's glitchy automatic updates are hardly confidence-inspiring.
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My laptop is my only internet access. And I'm an internet junkie. So if my machine goes dark, my whole world goes dark. So as much as I dread having to go to Windows 10, I think I'd better bite the bullet.

 
I had a lot of trouble getting used to Win 10 and Edge. But now I like it. My other old laptop, which I am using in the meantime does not have 10, and I am not used to it. Cannot wait until Monday.
 
Marie5656 said:
My new computer is a Dell. 13565-A453BLK. DUAL CORE A 6 DVD driver. I paid $258 on Amazon. It has a 15-6 inch screen
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For $258, I doubt you will have much memory or whatever. The Dell my wife and I were looking at at Best Buy (for her) cost $1, 199, plus the cost of a repair program and $150 for a Word/Excel software. It has: Touch Screen, Intel Core i7 16gb of memory, 4K UHD, 512 SSD (solid state drive).

No worries about set-up, if we got this one or a different one, I set up the Dell desktop we currently have. I'm really kind of "techy" when it comes to computers.
 
Classic, memory is not a priority for me at this point. Most of my files and pictures are on flash drives. I see your point, though. I was looking at the bigger ticket machines and they were more than I needed.
If I were still working it would be different as I used it for my job and memory was more important. But this is good advice for the others here.
 
ClassicRockr said:
For $258, I doubt you will have much memory or whatever. The Dell my wife and I were looking at at Best Buy (for her) cost $1, 199, plus the cost of a repair program and $150 for a Word/Excel software. It has: Touch Screen, Intel Core i7 16gb of memory, 4K UHD, 512 SSD (solid state drive).

No worries about set-up, if we got this one or a different one, I set up the Dell desktop we currently have. I'm really kind of "techy" when it comes to computers.
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Marie5656 said:
Classic, memory is not a priority for me at this point. Most of my files and pictures are on flash drives. I see your point, though. I was looking at the bigger ticket machines and they were more than I needed.
If I were still working it would be different as I used it for my job and memory was more important. But this is good advice for the others here.
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I'm looking for something in between what you two have.

My current 6 year old Dell has an i5 processor, 8 gigs of ram and a 1 Terabyte hard drive. It's been a real workhorse and more that enough for my needs. I'm thinking I'm going to go with something that has the similar specs. It looks like I can order something like that directly from Dell for about $500 plus tax.

https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/inspiron-15-3000/spd/inspiron-15-3567-laptop/fncwck111h
 
RadishRose said:
Windows 10 is no problem for me. I use Mozilla Firefox instead of Edge. It's like an old friend.
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Firefox is my go to browser, too.

I have a tablet with Windows 8 and don't much care for that operating system. That's probably why I'm not looking forward to the inevitable eventual shift from 7 to 10. Or perhaps it will be 11 or 12 by then.
 
It does not arrive until tomorrow, and I am pretty anxious. Looking forward to the new toy. Today I am trying to get as much housework done as possible, as I am sure I will be spending tomorrow setting the thing up. Of course, my mail does not arrive until later in the afternoon, so I will be like a kid watching for Santa to come. I may even leave milk and cookies for the mail carrier. LOL
 
Marie5656 said:
It does not arrive until tomorrow, and I am pretty anxious. Looking forward to the new toy. Today I am trying to get as much housework done as possible, as I am sure I will be spending tomorrow setting the thing up. Of course, my mail does not arrive until later in the afternoon, so I will be like a kid watching for Santa to come. I may even leave milk and cookies for the mail carrier. LOL
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:D Enjoy your new toy, Marie!
 
I guess we're on our 4th or 5th Dell laptop. They're Ok. But have their limitations. One - you maybe stuck if you decide your config isn't ideal and you'd like to add more RAM, a second drive or a blueray optical drive. Or two - Windows decides to drop a feature that you've grown accustomed to [emoji54].
If your needs, tasks, etc are EMail and Facebook with occasional video chat and some basic MS Office thrown in you're golden.
Good luck!
 
Marie - I look forward to your review of your new laptop!

I'm a pretty loyal buyer of Toshiba laptops and HP desktops. Never had a Dell. My first computer that wasn't MSDos, but the magical Windows 95 was a (dreadful, dreadful, dreadful) Gateway. Talk about baptism by fire! I spent waaayyy more time on the phone with tech support than I care to remember. The only good parts of that experience were the adorable cow print boxes the computer came in, and the amount I learned by having to fix the damned thing, wipe the hard drive clean and start over. Numerous times. This was before the WWW was being used by most mere mortals and I bought only factory sealed software, so viruses were not the issue.

p.s. I still miss Windows 98 and XP - loved those operating systems.
 
I have two laptops, a Lenovo and a Dell. I almost always use Linux (Ubuntu 16.04) these days and the Dell supports this very well - the Lenovo, not so well. I used to use Firefox, but I found that Firefox 56 (Quantum) didn't live up to its promise. I now use Chromium (the base system for Chrome) which is much faster, but not as flexible. In a similar way, I've just got a new HP printer and they are very good at supporting Linux systems.

(For anyone not wanting to be a slave to Windows, try Linux. It's free, much less prone to malware and once you get used to it, you won't look back)


 
Well, we decided not to get that laptop that I talked about in Post #11. We are going to see what's on sale for Black Friday and then still may continue to wait until we move next year.
 
**sigh** just went to print some paperwork I needed and forgot I had not yet installed my printer. Senior moment #536. Downloading now.
 
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