Recommend me a laptop PC for my wife?

[RichB]

OK I'm looking to get a new PC for my wife to use, she's currently got one of my old Dell's and it's on it's last lags, keeps bliue screening etc. So... she uses it for browsing the web & reading the newspapers doing e-mails and printing pictures and stuff. Not interested in watching files or playing games so forget that. I've always had Dells and they seem ok, I guess something about 12" screen & lightweight. Any thoughts? Other than Dell what should I look at?

[turbotongue]

Make the switch to mac... she will thank you for it

[ymwoods]

NO! do not do it or you will be on the next "I got dumped because she read all my PH posts" thread

[RichB]

And as I used Windows for business and I'm the one who will be looking after it I will stay with Windows thanks...

[Who me ?]

Cant suggest a make etc - but a good place to start - look for OS -me ,Id be looking for something that runs Win 7 , so at least 2meg RAM ( MS says 1 ,so I'd double it ,I'm on 2 ,with no problems ,and a lot faster than XP),SPEED - well something nippy

[RichB]

Thanks, so Windows 7 is good yes?

[Blue Meanie]

RichB said:

And as I used Windows for business and I'm the one who will be looking after it I will stay with Windows thanks...

macs require minimal 'looking after'

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[CommanderJameson]

I bought a Samsung R530 laptop for the outlaws a couple of months ago, and I haven't heard anything else about it. This is good. It means they haven't broken it.

Screen's nice and bright, build quality is as about as good as it gets at the price point, and it's plenty quick enough for sofasurfers. Doesn't have Bluetooth, though.