best place to buy laptop?

[James Knott]

Michael Lauzon wrote:
> 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.
>
>
>    
I recently noticed a Lenovo on sale at Canada Computers a few days ago.  
They tend to have decent prices.
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