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what are the best laptops right now?
I am going to purchase my first laptop and need Alittle help deciding which one to get?
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If you can, wait until the end of October. That's when Windows 8 comes out and you can get a laptop which has that installed. It'll save you the trouble and expense of upgrading from Windows 7.
The previous responder is correct; DELLs are good machines. There's a reason why they're the most popular brand used by businesses. However, they are more expensive than other brands because their business model is geared to selling customized machines on a large scale to corporations; sales to individual consumers are less important to them, so the prices are correspondingly higher. I've had good luck with Toshibas, which are cheaper because they're sold with standard configurations "out of the box".
The one problem I've had with a Toshiba machine is that the letters on the keys tended to rub off the keyboard. This is more annoying than anything else, and keyboards can be replaced fairly cheaply if need be.
Make sure that the laptop you get is capable of handling at least 8 GB of RAM. 4 GB is fine to start with (and it's the maximum that Windows 7 or 8 32-bit edition can handle), but you may want to bump up to 64-bit edition someday and get more RAM.
Don't get bleeding-edge technology. You'll pay way too much for a machine which will drop in price by 30% only six months down the road, and unless you're doing serious design work or high-end gaming, you just don't need that much CPU power.
Don't buy it used on Amazon, eBay, or anything like that. People can be very mean to their laptops, and you don't want to buy what someone else has already broken. However, you can get a good deal sometimes on a laptop which has been refurbished to factory specifications, and they come with a warranty.
Beyond that, it's a matter of personal preference insofar as how large you want it to be, how much resolution the screen has, and so on. I personally like a large laptop with an extended keyboard and a full-HD 1920 x 1080 screen, but I don't mind the extra weight, and that's a factor for some people.
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I have always liked Dell computers. There may be better or there may be less expensive laptops out there though I have stayed with Dell. I like them for the service and support I have received when I have needed it, which has been rare. I usually wear my lap top out before it fails and needs service.
I find the Dell laptops very much fit my needs and I have yet to have to wait more than a day or two for shipment. When I need one I go to dell.com and select the one I want. I usually find one that is configured as I needed it. You can also call them and build the laptop you want if you can't find one configured as you want.
I have never bought a laptop off the shelf in a computer store. I figure for the amount of money I am paying I should be able to select what I need not settle for a package that might give me something close to my needs.
I hope I have helped.
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