Re: Recommended laptops for presentations

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jkawashima@xxxxxxx typed on Thu, 3 Jan 2008 13:43:05 -0800 (PST):
On Jan 3, 11:23 am, "Stewart" <twodunc...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
If you get one with vista make sure that it has enough processing
power and at least 2gb ram.

<jkawash...@xxxxxxx> wrote in message

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Greetings all,

I run a small teaching company that's looking to expand. We're
heavily PowerPoint integrated and we use a program called "CPS" from
eInstruction.com to gather student results. The processing
requirements are quite low.

I was wondering what recommendations people might have to a laptop
that's basically used for presentations and Excel. Preferably
something that isn't bloated with trialware, as I've read many HPs
are.

Any suggestions? This'd be bottom-line necessity stuff - no games,
no graphics editing, no streaming video, etc. Even HD capacity
requirements would be minimal.

Thanks much for any suggestions!

Jim Kawashima

Thank you! That's the kind of info I was hopin' for (i.e., what I'd
need to run Vista without taking forever to boot up programs or switch
windows).

And for the earlier post, I know pretty much any laptop will do. I
should've made this request clearer. I'm looking, actually truly
looking, for people's personal preferences.

Reason I do this is, even though we can come up with numerous reasons
pro and con for any laptop, people's personal biases and prejudices
will be based on their actual experiences in the real world, versus
the specs the companies put on their websites.

I realize this could result in widely varying input, but that's
exactly what I'm seeking.

I'm especially interested in prejudices - because those tend to arise
from bad experiences (for example, I have a ThinkPad that constantly
interrupts presentations with update requests or notifications - I
realize I can turn them off, but that's the sort of story that'll turn
people off to that machine).

Does this make sense? I'm basically looking for what NOT to buy in
terms of cost-effectiveness vs. reliability.

Finally, to give you an idea of specs, I'm currently running the
course just fine on a '99 Dell CSX laptop running Win2K and Office 2K.

Thanks much for the quick feedback!

best wishes,

Jim Kawashima

OMG Jim! I also have two Toshiba 2595XDVD laptops from the '99 era. One is running Windows 98SE and the other is running Windows 2000. Both are maxed out with 192MB of RAM. And they both have Office 2000 installed on them. While I still love them, they are super slow! Heck Windows 2000 can't even keep up with DVD movies on that machine. And I can't stream audio/video faster than 100kps before it breaks up. With Windows 98SE, I can stream about 700kbs on the same.

Trust me Jim... modern hardware is so much faster. As I have two Gateway MX6124 laptops (2006 era) with a Celeron 1.5GHZ CPU (Windows XP) and they just blow away my old Toshibas ('99 era). There is just no comparison. Anything made in the last year or two I believe you will be totally happy with. There is no such thing as a slow laptop anymore. Well check back in about 7 years from now, and I might revise that statement. LOL But for now, it is so true. :)

--
Bill
email: change kom to com

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