[ire]

My wife is back in school and she would like a laptop. She won't be doing any serious gaming, and shes not in programming...so no compiling. I don't want to spend much beyond a grand and I found this Asus laptop on Newegg with XP Pro. Anyone every own an Asus laptop? I've owned their motherboards before and I have been happy with them. Thoughts? TIA
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220039

 

[LordOpie]

a grand on a laptop that's nothing more than functional? Crap! The laptop I'm on right now was $400 a year ago.

 

[rid3HB]

its all about the macbooks. you can get one for less than a grand

 

[ire]

a grand on a laptop that's nothing more than functional? Crap! The laptop I'm on right now was $400 a year ago.

LOL...I wanted something that would last 4-5 years.

its all about the macbooks. you can get one for less than a grand

She actually likes the macbooks, but I know squat about macs. Do they have a word processor that can save as docs? I guess you could always save it as a .rtf

 

[blue]

LOL...I wanted something that would last 4-5 years.



She actually likes the macbooks, but I know squat about macs. Do they have a word processor that can save as docs? I guess you could always save it as a .rtf

Yes. Mac people call it "Word" or something bizarre of that nature...

 

[1453]

Yes. Mac people call it "Word" or something bizarre of that nature...

yep. I think it's some obscure thing the Linux people are pushing...

the fiance just got a macbook. good stuff.

 

[Changleen]

Word (Office) for the Mac is no longer supported. Still works OK but seriously if you're trying to save cash stick to Windoze. (or Ubuntu...)

 

[SkaredShtles]

[H8R]
http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/download/index.html
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[LordOpie]

LOL...I wanted something that would last 4-5 years.

Why does she need a lot of processing power?

You can get a $500 computer today and get a brand new one in 2.5 years for $500. That second computer in 2 years will have power and technology that would cost $2000 today.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Why does she need a lot of processing power?

You can get a $500 computer today and get a brand new one in 2.5 years for $500. That second computer in 2 years will have power and technology that would cost $2000 today.

My wife is still using a 900Mhz PIII tower that we got back in 2001.

Of course, she's starting to get more than a little pissed when she's post processing her 6MB RAW photos.

 

[ire]

Why does she need a lot of processing power?

You can get a $500 computer today and get a brand new one in 2.5 years for $500. That second computer in 2 years will have power and technology that would cost $2000 today.

Point taken. For $500 I'm going to have to hunt something with XP, becuase the machine won't handle Vista very well. Anyone every own Acer laptops? I know they can be had in that range with XP at newegg