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OriginalGeek

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9. Online and refurb are great

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Original post)

Fri Nov 24, 2017, 06:14 PM

Nov 2017

As long as you are familiar with how it it will perform. If you are not you can still buy online BUT I would suggest taking the specs with you to a computer store, best buy, whatever is near you and play around with similar models. Pay attention to cpu, graphics card and screen size. Try to compare as close to apples and apples as you can get.

If it runs as smoothly as you like then you can look at hard drive size and price and other options.

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Trying to sort through the daunting varieties of PCs - need a new one...suggestions? [View all] NRaleighLiberal Nov 2017 OP

are you open to a refurbished one ? I've had good luck with refurbs steve2470 Nov 2017 #1

I will check that out - thanks. NRaleighLiberal Nov 2017 #2

if you want FAST, you need an SSD and maybe a HDD for storage steve2470 Nov 2017 #3

this has an SSD, so it's faster than any laptop with only a HDD steve2470 Nov 2017 #4

thanks, my friend. NRaleighLiberal Nov 2017 #5

my pleasure, my friend! steve2470 Nov 2017 #6

The Lenovo T420 is a decent laptop sharp_stick Nov 2017 #8

One issue with that machine Egnever Nov 2017 #11

how about this machine for him ? steve2470 Nov 2017 #15

Couple of things Egnever Nov 2017 #16

If you can sharp_stick Nov 2017 #7

Online and refurb are great OriginalGeek Nov 2017 #9

keyboards can be replaced. doesnt sound too difficult nt msongs Nov 2017 #10

Most times very easy to change them out Betty88 Dec 2017 #21

Are you looking for a laptop or a desktop? Egnever Nov 2017 #12

laptop NRaleighLiberal Nov 2017 #13

So in that case some things to look for Egnever Nov 2017 #14

Hey this just popped up when I was looking for something at costco Egnever Nov 2017 #17

You may want a keyboard with raised letters LeftInTX Dec 2017 #18

Just bought a Lenovo IdeaPad 110. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2017 #19

what did you finally get ? just curious nt steve2470 Dec 2017 #20