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<p>[QUOTE="CommDriver, post: 149061, member: 5122"]My Dell Inspiron of 5 years crashed recently while I was on the road. It was time for it to go anyway.</p><p><br /></p><p>I stopped at a Best Buy and got a Toshiba Satellite series but it almost immediately began giving me the blue screen and shutting down on me. I don't doubt Toshiba is a good brand, but I got a bad one. I took it back and spent about double to get a Sony VAIO, $1499. </p><p><br /></p><p>But I was glad I did. It has double the memory, a built in webcam, and the functionality of commands is similar to Dell which is what I'm used to.</p><p><br /></p><p>I didn't get the BestBuy warranty, but if you're not good with computers it might be a good thing to buy one at BestBuy whatever the brand and get the service warranty. That way if you're on the road you can find a BestBuy just about anywhere and the GeekSquad will take care of you. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you're using an aircard for Sprint, Cingular, or some other carrier, be careful about getting an HP. All the new HP's are using a different standard for their wireless card slot. It's called PCI Express and my Sprint card would not fit.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also there is no upgrade for the Sprint Pantech 500 card for Windows Vista. If you get a computer with Vista, you'll have to manually configure a connection that will work with the card.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="CommDriver, post: 149061, member: 5122"]My Dell Inspiron of 5 years crashed recently while I was on the road. It was time for it to go anyway. I stopped at a Best Buy and got a Toshiba Satellite series but it almost immediately began giving me the blue screen and shutting down on me. I don't doubt Toshiba is a good brand, but I got a bad one. I took it back and spent about double to get a Sony VAIO, $1499. But I was glad I did. It has double the memory, a built in webcam, and the functionality of commands is similar to Dell which is what I'm used to. I didn't get the BestBuy warranty, but if you're not good with computers it might be a good thing to buy one at BestBuy whatever the brand and get the service warranty. That way if you're on the road you can find a BestBuy just about anywhere and the GeekSquad will take care of you. If you're using an aircard for Sprint, Cingular, or some other carrier, be careful about getting an HP. All the new HP's are using a different standard for their wireless card slot. It's called PCI Express and my Sprint card would not fit. Also there is no upgrade for the Sprint Pantech 500 card for Windows Vista. If you get a computer with Vista, you'll have to manually configure a connection that will work with the card.[/QUOTE]
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