Recent content by baker72

@ Recycled The laptops will primarily be used 4 days out of the week, but the teachers may be assigned one and be able to use them at home. As far as being used 24/7, I doubt they will be used that much. However, it's a possibility they'll be left in sleep mode for about that long. The...

I haven't thought about Thinkpads, I'll give some of them and the other laptops a look and see what I can find to show them. I will also have to see how she feels about bidding on them (This seems unlikely, however). @Recycled. If I understood you right, then yeah, the laptop comes with a power...

My mom, who works at a small private school, has asked me for my input on some laptop's that the school is planning on purchasing. They plan on getting 3-5 of them to update from their last computers which have ceased to function (They were terribly old anyways, as in early XP model old). The...

I have recently replaced the battery on my Acer Aspire 5742z laptop because the OEM one was going bad (30-40min life at 100%). I replaced the battery with a non-oem replacement battery, and for the first couple of days it went well. The battery was charging just fine, had a comparable lifespan...

My brother has a laptop (ASUS X55A HPD122J) with a corrupted HDD. I've had no luck in restoring it and making it work again, so he's wanting to replace it. (With this...

So, it seems the general advice is to go with AMD unless Intel pulls out something good by the time I'm ready to buy. I guess I'll be researching and watching Intel as the year goes on and see how they do. Thanks for the info, everyone. It probably is a bit too soon to begin choosing laptops...

*Please note, this is something I am merely formulating ideas and learning options for; I don't plan to buy this until the end of this year or early next year. I'm merely getting an idea of what I would need to look for when that time comes so I'm not overwhelmed or have overlooked anything...

Ah, so it is the Intel HD gfx? That's good. I would love to get that one, but unfortunately my mother has a strict budget that can go higher than the one I mentioned. I will try to talk her into it, but it's unlikely. Thanks for the reply anyways.

This is the laptop we got: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+-+15.6%26%2334%3B+Laptop+-+4GB+Memory+-+500GB+Hard+Drive+-+Black/6999314.p?id=1218820263684&skuId=6999314 It is for my brother, he will be using it for school and gaming(Mainly World of Warcraft and older "light" games) Its specs...