noodles91380
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Need a new laptop. Criteria:
- Rugged: Our last one was a Dell Dimension. My wife picked it up by the display one too many times, and since the casing is so flimsy, the display cracked. Now, 20% of it has gone dark. Also she dropped it a few times, so it's pretty much falling apart.
- Decent battery life: The batteries tend to go before anything else in a laptop. I want something that will still hold a charge after 2 years.
- HDMI input: One of the primary purposes is to watch Hulu on my TV.
I'm sick of cheap laptops breaking on me. Dell Latitudes are nice and rugged, but no HDMI and they're super heavy and bulky. I really don't care all that much about processors, RAM, etc. I want something to check facebook and watch TV on, neither my wife nor I are gamers..unless you count Pogo (my wife, not me).
I'm an IT guy, and have several high power machines at work, so if I need to get anything serious done, I do it there. I'm not a hardware junkie, so I don't know where to look to find what I want for home use. Here I just want something for casual use that's not gonna fall apart on me.
- Rugged: Our last one was a Dell Dimension. My wife picked it up by the display one too many times, and since the casing is so flimsy, the display cracked. Now, 20% of it has gone dark. Also she dropped it a few times, so it's pretty much falling apart.
- Decent battery life: The batteries tend to go before anything else in a laptop. I want something that will still hold a charge after 2 years.
- HDMI input: One of the primary purposes is to watch Hulu on my TV.
I'm sick of cheap laptops breaking on me. Dell Latitudes are nice and rugged, but no HDMI and they're super heavy and bulky. I really don't care all that much about processors, RAM, etc. I want something to check facebook and watch TV on, neither my wife nor I are gamers..unless you count Pogo (my wife, not me).
I'm an IT guy, and have several high power machines at work, so if I need to get anything serious done, I do it there. I'm not a hardware junkie, so I don't know where to look to find what I want for home use. Here I just want something for casual use that's not gonna fall apart on me.