A bit of advice, o wise ones...

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I am strongly considering getting a laptop. My needs are simple, my wants are few, and I don't need much more than Word, PowerPoint, and Internet capacity.

I've had Toshiba and Dell both recommended to me. Any other ideas? :D

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Hi. Wandered over from med_embroidery -- My first laptop was a Toshiba. I loved it. It lasted for almost 7 years before the hinges broke (I limped along on one hinge for quite some time). It survived a Thesis and made it almost all the way through the disertation -- I worked it hard! Other than the hinges, the only "problem" that I had with it was that the fan would clog up and it would overheat. I understand it's a common problem with laptops. In the Toshiba, it was very easy to fix.

This POS is a Gateway. I'll probably never get another one. I find the keyboard to be a piece of crap. It tends to overheat too, but I can't clean the fan -- I've got to take a can of compressed air and blow all the stuff back into the interior of the laptop. I even tried to take the thing apart and clean the fan. Couldn't do it. Basically, the Toshiba died, and I *HAD* to have another laptop. I could buy new hinges (150/each) or buy a replacement on ebay for $350 with a dead hard-drive and swap the pieces parts around, but I'd still have a 6 year old laptop. Best Buy had these on sale, so I bought it. I'm biding time till I can replace it.