SoCalSportsFan

Glad to be here where one is free to "speak their mind" (within reason) without the "social media" police at their doorstep soon after a post. If the way they treat people in the middle east were done in the USA probably 1/3 of the FB users (and 1/2 of the AW.com posters) would face the same "stupid" social media police.

So far in having the new laptop for 2 weeks plus, I definitely made the right choice, and also got a great price on it!

Joyce XBH - 5

Trout xbh - 4

HR Trout DP -1

HR - Trout DP -1

Finally decided on the laptop, Staples had a deal this week on it and got a bundle package. Pretty good reviews on Amazon on it, but Staples had a better deal with the bundle. http://www.staples.com/Toshiba-Satellite-15-6-Inch-Laptop-C55-B5270-/product_1064943

HR - Trout DP - 2

HR - Trout DP - 2

HR Trout DP - 1

HR - Pujols DP - 2

HR Trout DP 2

Trout DP 2

HR - Pujols DP - 2

HR Trout DP 3

Amazon has this laptop for $355 out the door including tax: Lenovo G50 15.6-Inch Laptop (Core i3, 6 GB, 500 GB)

I have a lot of friends who do graphic design who swear by apple. I'm mainly doing content revisioning, and social media efforts now, so having the graphics capabilities that apple offers is nice but not a must have. After using a 21 inch and 23.5 inch monitors for the past 3 years, dropping my screen size to 50% of what I'm used to will be something that will take some time getting used to. I leave in 30 days for the conference, so I'm going to finish my research in the next 10 days, then order it so I can have it 2 weeks before I go. Don't want to show up at a very important conference having a brand new computer that I haven't "broken in" yet nor setup the files etc the way I like things!

My work is "me", so at least it's a writeoff against my freelance income but I still need to factor in the amount of work I need to do for the fundage to get the gadgets I need!

I would like hopefully a 15 inch screen, any thing smaller is a "tease" imho. I'd like to keep it under $500. I do work at Amazon so I can/will use my employee discount to drop the price down 10%, plus I have Prime so I can get it QUICK once I order it.

Ok, the time has finally come for me to buy my 1st laptop. I've managed to make do without one for the past 17 years of being on the net. I need one because I was invited as "Press" to https://collisionconf.com/ 4 weeks from now in Vegas, and I WILL need a laptop to "make it so". Most of what I will use it for will be to access my websites which are on hosted servers, social media, and some minor MS Office stuff, but Google Docs works fine with me instead of MS Word, it's photo manager that I do use somewhat. Not looking to spend a fortune, but need a reliable semi quick portable computer. What is out there laptop wise these days? What are your recommendations?

Trout 2-4, 1 Single

Trout 2-4, 1 Single

Trout 2-4, 1 HR

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