best place to buy laptop?

[Giles Orr]

On 25 February 2010 22:42, Thomas Milne <tbrucemilne-TcoXwbchSccMMYnvST3LeUB+6BGkLq7r at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Someone asked me about what laptop to buy, and I don't know laptops,
> so I checked here :-)
>
> Going through the 'laptop recommendation' threads, I saw that Lennart
> was very keen on Lenovo and also Asus, esp with the Core 2 Duo, so
> that's what I recommended. However, one thing I'm not sure of at all
> is what is the best way to buy one.
>
> Are the best deals online? To my thinking, it's more likely you are
> going to get _exactly_ what you want if you order online, as opposed
> to buying whatever Store X has in stock, but does anyone have any
> experiences with this?

Best Buy is good for getting a feel for what's available and seeing
what looks good or feels good.  Future Shop has a slightly worse
selection, but they also have staff on commission (which BB doesn't
have) and they can be a bit pushy.  While both tend to have
exceptionally high prices they do occasionally run very deeply
discounted specials, so I do buy there every once in a while.  But if
your heart is set on Asus/Lenovo I don't think you'll find either in
the hallowed halls of BB/FS.

I have the impression that a lot of places are selling their left-over
stock with Windows Vista installed at discount prices: you'll probably
want to avoid this if the end user is actually planning on using
Windows.  Windows 7 sounds like a better bet.  Of course if you're
planning on installing Linux, take the discount.

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