best place to buy laptop?

[Michael Lauzon]

On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 08:44, Giles Orr <gilesorr-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 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.
>
> --
> Giles
> http://www.gilesorr.com/
> gilesorr-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org

You've got to remember that BB & FS "optomize" the laptops they sell,
and when you ask for a laptop that isn't "optomized", they tell you
they don't have any of those, etc. You can always check out
TigerDirect.


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Sincerely,

Michael Lauzon
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