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Originally Posted by Nikola Tesla
Drinking coffee and looking for a laptop. Does anyone here know much about them? I'm looking at this one currently: Toshiba Satellite P875.
It will come to about $750 (Tax and shipping included) for a refurbished one. |
I have not bought a Windows based machine in many years... but Toshiba has a good rep, and I know plenty of ppl like it. I would make these general suggestions..
1) At least 8gb of RAM. (and make sure it is upgradable to 16 for down the road in order to compensate for continued software bloat)
2) Go for SSD for the HD if your budget allows (and turn on full drive encryption as soon as you get it, either way).
3) Go for dedicated graphics card
4) Since you are looking at a laptop pay attention to the number and kinds of ports - you will not be able to add any ever so make sure what you have will work.
5) Pay attn to screen size, bigger is not better on a laptop you need to lug around with you. Around 14-15 seem to be a good trade off for most ppl, but go see a machine and get a feel for its size.
6) Get an extended battery
Beyond that... good luck!
