[NBLUG/talk] When to buy a laptop? Where's the "sweet spot" these days?

[Omar Eljumaily]

Entry level laptops are commodities these days.  The only consumer 
application that needs more than the entry level I think would be 3D 
gaming.  I doubt a college stats course would need much power by today's 
standards.  The main thing is to make sure it doesn't get gummed up with 
adware and malware.

http://www.amazon.com/Dell-Inspiron-i3531-1200BK-15-6-Inch-Laptop/dp/B00KMRGF28/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1416074446&sr=1-1&keywords=laptop


On 11/15/2014 9:24 AM, Steve S. wrote:
> H'lo, folks...
>
> I haven't been following the world of Intel/Win much these days.  My
> daughter, away at college, needs a replacement laptop.  I'm hoping
> that folks here have the info off-the-tops-of-their-heads that I'd
> need hours of research to achieve...
>
> #1/marketing:  when is the "good time" to buy, before next semester
> starts in January?  Black Friday sales?  Pre-Xmas?  Post-Xmas
> clearance?  Or is this info just not really "knowable" because the
> marketers' strategies are so arcane?
>
> #2/tech(ish):  Where is the "sweet spot" of price/performance these
> days?  She's needing enough power for reasonably-heavy crunch (she's
> likely to need stats like SAS/R, and likely some GIS too)?
>
> Many thanks for any info/advice!
>
>
> - Steve S.
>
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