My laptop is dying!

[v-girl]

We bought it in 2011 for ~$300. It's an Asus. I love it but it keeps crashing. DH says replacement time. Is that really better than adding memory? If so, I want to keep it at or under $500. I found this but have to decide fast:



Or this:



Thoughts?


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[MsSassyBaskets]

Yes, replacement is better than adding memory. A $300 laptop bought three years ago has a pretty out of date processor at this point, plus you can't guarantee its the ram causing crashes. I would personally choose the Asus given those options, but I can't see the specs on the Dell. Asus is generally a better brand IMO and a core i5 with 8 gigs should be adequate for most day to day use.

[bokelley]

My laptop is dying!

Can you wait until tomorrow (cyber Monday)?

There is always good deals on some stuff.

Www.slickdeals.net

[MsSassyBaskets]

Check Newegg.com and microcenter.com as well.

[v-girl]

DH called my brother. I need to find an Asus or Dell with 8gb RAM and I prefer a 17". This should be fun.


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[peggyfromwastate]

We bought that dell and had to return it bc it didn't turn on after a few days. Just would not turn on. And we bought an hp envy before that one which stopped working after about a month. Thank goodness costco has has a good return policy. We are giving up on laptops for a while. I blame the new operating system, but mostly bc windows 8.1 is annoying and I hate touchscreen laptops.

[v-girl]

Anyone know much about Lenovo?

[MsSassyBaskets]

Anyone know much about Lenovo?

They're solid. There's a reason a lot of companies use them as their chosen staff computers. I hate how clunky mine is, they're not slick, but they're pretty reliable. Definitely better than Dell.

[peggyfromwastate]

My husband loves his dell xps. So the top of the line models seem to be good, but that computer is more expensive than my macbook. Dh got it at a heavily (like 80%) subsidized rate when in fellowship. Otherwise $2000 for a laptop? Puhleeze.

[v-girl]

There's one at Micro Center with an i7 processor. It's $544. They have one in stock. Feel free to text me tomorrow morning so I can get there at 9am to look at it. They also have an Asus I want to see so if the Dell is gone, the trip won't be wasted.


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[JDAZ11]

Costco is having great cyber Monday sales on laptops.

[JDAZ11]

They fall under their electronics return policy, but my DH is a PC person, and we ended up returning two dells with no issues at all until he ended up buying a Lenovo.

[Vanquisher]

I think 16 inch or 17 inch is huge! I personally love my 13.3, but I need portability. Ryan had a 17, and regrets it immensely. Good luck! I hope you find something awesome!

[v-girl]

I ended up with a Toshiba. It was more than I wanted to spend, but a good deal.


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[MsSassyBaskets]

I ended up with a Toshiba. It was more than I wanted to spend, but a good deal.

Toshibas are great! DH's is 4 years old without a single problem.