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frahse · 09-01-2018, 01:31 PM

One of my sons has now become a Prime Member. He was looking to upgrade his $500 4 year old 17.3 inch HP laptop with a i3 processor chip that he bought at Best Buy. Looking at what was available at Amazon we decided that he now needed an (approximately) $1000 machine with an I7 processor chip and true HD.

Yes they have Best Buys in Nevada where he is now, but Best Buy is so "4 years ago!"

He does everything on that computer. Watch movies, read books, of course browse and look up stuff on the internet as well as work stuff for his job - Trading, Equities, Forex, Bitcoin, Crypto and the like.

I have to say he went all out and since he had Prime he bought a total of 9 items. (I guess he was saving up.)

Welcome aboard son. Have a diet Pepsi (on me.)

I have to also say I have one of his old machines a similar 17.3 inch HP (2 machines ago) in my den, and it works fine though it has one flaky hinge. I have said that the smaller machines I use are fine for me, but 17.3 inches works out ok too.

09-01-2018, 01:31 PM	#322
frahse occasional author Posts: 2,315 Karma: 2064403292 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Wandering God's glorious hills, valleys and plains. Device: A Franklin BI (before Internet) was the first. I still have it.	One of my sons has now become a Prime Member. He was looking to upgrade his $500 4 year old 17.3 inch HP laptop with a i3 processor chip that he bought at Best Buy. Looking at what was available at Amazon we decided that he now needed an (approximately) $1000 machine with an I7 processor chip and true HD. Yes they have Best Buys in Nevada where he is now, but Best Buy is so "4 years ago!" He does everything on that computer. Watch movies, *read books*, of course browse and look up stuff on the internet as well as work stuff for his job - Trading, Equities, Forex, Bitcoin, Crypto and the like. I have to say he went all out and since he had Prime he bought a total of 9 items. (I guess he was saving up.) Welcome aboard son. Have a diet Pepsi (on me.) I have to also say I have one of his old machines a similar 17.3 inch HP (2 machines ago) in my den, and it works fine though it has one flaky hinge. I have said that the smaller machines I use are fine for me, but 17.3 inches works out ok too.