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Inexpensive Windows laptop suggestion? Update, Ordered.
September 08, 2022, 10:54 AM
ridewvInexpensive Windows laptop suggestion? Update, Ordered.
My computer knowledgable friend suggested if I can spend a little more to get one with Windows 11. Something about 11 requires a security chip. So Windows 10 machines won’t be upgradable to 11 and not supported after a few years? Anyone hear of this? And does it matter?
No car is as much fun to drive, as any motorcycle is to ride.
September 08, 2022, 11:13 AM
Timdogg6a bit spendy, but i have this for a few months and love it, should easily replace the macbook.
no touchscreen though, so if you need that get a surface
https://www.amazon.com/gp/prod..._title?ie=UTF8&psc=1Samsung Galaxy Book Pro Windows 11 Intel Evo Platform Laptop Computer 15.6" AMOLED Screen 11th Gen Intel Core i7 Processor 16GB Memory 512GB SSD Long-Lasting Battery, Mystic Silver
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Price: $919.60
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September 08, 2022, 12:00 PM
ridewvThat looks like a nice computer, Tim. I don't know how Chrome OSD differs from Windows but I think I want Windows.
No car is as much fun to drive, as any motorcycle is to ride.
September 08, 2022, 12:19 PM
erj_pilotI got a pretty good deal from Newegg some years back on a refurbished Dell Inspiron laptop. I wiped it clean and loaded Windows 10 on it...still runs pretty good for my laptop uses, which isn't much or often.
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ridewvWell like most things I do I spent a little more than I hoped but it's done. I ordered a Dell.
https://deals.dell.com/en-us/productdetail/f9z7My IT friend suggested Dell, Windows 11 Pro, Intel I5 or I7, PCI SSD, 512GB. This one was on sale for just $200 more than it was going to cost to replace the display on my MacBook Air. (I'm using my old MacBook now.)
The new plan is to use the Dell as my main computer, internet, videos, etc. (I don't have a TV), and relegate my old Mac for banking and finance. Anyway thanks for the advice.
No car is as much fun to drive, as any motorcycle is to ride.
September 08, 2022, 06:44 PM
radiomanthat's super nice. Only thing I have to add is be sure you have an SSD backup plan. As good as the SSD's are now days, they still go bad now and again. I've had 2 of the little NMVe type go bad in the last 6 years (both in HP computers if that matters).
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September 08, 2022, 07:19 PM
ridewvOK thanks radioman. Probably the most important things stored on my computer are photos. I've been meaning to moving them yearly to thumb drives an SSD.
No car is as much fun to drive, as any motorcycle is to ride.
September 08, 2022, 09:23 PM
sigcrazy7You could do this for free. Download the W10 ISO from Microsoft and install it on a boot camp partition on your Mac. You don’t *have* to register it for it to work just fine. You’ll just have a watermark on the Windows desktop.
Demand not that events should happen as you wish; but wish them to happen as they do happen, and you will go on well. -Epictetus September 08, 2022, 09:33 PM
ridewvThe program I'm interested in has experienced 30% failure with Mac users, including those who ran Windows on their Mac, so they strongly suggest to do this on just a Windows machine.
No car is as much fun to drive, as any motorcycle is to ride.