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Beest · 05-02-2013, 01:30 PM

DO NOT TOUCH A GATEWAY

I've heard, mainly from TW I think but other sources too that Toshibas don't live up to their brands reputation.
On advice from many of these threads on different boards over the years, I've always looked at Dell and HP, they've always been nice, only has died, and that was covered by an extended recall, but the IT guy didn't catch it

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I'm going to wildly speculate you want a laptop, so you slob around the house with it.

4GB is RAM memory, think thinking space, to run all that stuff that is happening right now, 4 is plenty for surfing/office type stuff.

320 GB is hard drive, filing cabinet space, that's kind of low end, but plenty for office stuff. If you tale a lot of digital pics, it's going to fill up, but you should be backing them up elsewhere anyway, if you take video then it's not enough. 500 is bit more standard maybe.

Modem is for dial up, they're cheap, but so few people use them, especially on a laptop they don't even bother anymore.

AMD is the brand of the processor, i.e. brain, as opposed to Intel.
last I looked Intel was winning the nerd war, you pay more for Intel, but get more, would you notice the difference, dunno.

Dual core - instead of making one brain faster and faster, they put in more brains, theoretically they share the work out to hget more speed, or one can shut down to conserve power ( when on battery for instance).

15.6" screen size is the standard you can go smaller ~14" for more portability or larger 17" for, i dunno, movies? Bigger screens are heavier and sap batteries, smaller screen will last longer on it's battery.

all laptops have wireless, webcams are pretty much standard now.

I didn't see the price on your gateway, but HP for $300

IMHO, laptops are an evoltionary side branch now, you can do 90% of what 90% of people want to do on a tablet or even phone.

I bought monster a no name Tablet for $60 from walmart, I do most of home email and surfing on that.

05-02-2013, 01:30 PM	#22
Beest Adapt and Survive Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ann Arbor, Mi Posts: 957	DO NOT TOUCH A GATEWAY I've heard, mainly from TW I think but other sources too that Toshibas don't live up to their brands reputation. On advice from many of these threads on different boards over the years, I've always looked at Dell and HP, they've always been nice, only has died, and that was covered by an extended recall, but the IT guy didn't catch it . I'm going to wildly speculate you want a laptop, so you slob around the house with it. 4GB is RAM memory, think thinking space, to run all that stuff that is happening right now, 4 is plenty for surfing/office type stuff. 320 GB is hard drive, filing cabinet space, that's kind of low end, but plenty for office stuff. If you tale a lot of digital pics, it's going to fill up, but you should be backing them up elsewhere anyway, if you take video then it's not enough. 500 is bit more standard maybe. Modem is for dial up, they're cheap, but so few people use them, especially on a laptop they don't even bother anymore. AMD is the brand of the processor, i.e. brain, as opposed to Intel. last I looked Intel was winning the nerd war, you pay more for Intel, but get more, would you notice the difference, dunno. Dual core - instead of making one brain faster and faster, they put in more brains, theoretically they share the work out to hget more speed, or one can shut down to conserve power ( when on battery for instance). 15.6" screen size is the standard you can go smaller ~14" for more portability or larger 17" for, i dunno, movies? Bigger screens are heavier and sap batteries, smaller screen will last longer on it's battery. all laptops have wireless, webcams are pretty much standard now. I didn't see the price on your gateway, but HP for $300 IMHO, laptops are an evoltionary side branch now, you can do 90% of what 90% of people want to do on a tablet or even phone. I bought monster a no name Tablet for $60 from walmart, I do most of home email and surfing on that.