laptop for solider

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>I question which laptop would be best for a solider overseas. Main use would
>be downloading pictures from digital camera and making CD's, watching DVD's,
>battery life, and exchanging emails. After looking at numerous ones they all
>seem close other than price. But, how about being durable. There are some
>that are built to handled very roughly but cost three times as much. My
>thoughts are to buy a more reasonable priced (cheap) one with a good
>carrying case such as the Pelican with the idea if something happens to buy
>another. Any comments would be very helpful. Thanks in advance. Terry
>
Get a Toshiba with 3 year factory warranty and a huge hdd. It really
hurts those guys to have to delete music and games they get from
trading.

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Definitely get a three year warranty, and perhaps physical damage. If a
drop breaks the screen or whatever, you'll be glad.

You left out price, and that's a big omission. That aside, right above me
was a Toshiba recommendation. They make good computers and good support. I
don't know about support out of the country. Dell has discounts for
military folks, and a special warranty for world wide repairs and support.
I use a modest IBM, and there is definitely worldwide support and repair.

A big hard disk is nice, but I use a USB external with a modest 40g HD. I'd
rather have a 7200 rpm 40 or 60 gig HD over the 5400 80 gig. So size
doesn't matter. I recommend lots of RAM, and 512 meg is the entry point
with 1 gig really encouraged.

"RN" <houchen@-midrivers.com> wrote in message
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>I question which laptop would be best for a solider overseas. Main use
>would
> be downloading pictures from digital camera and making CD's, watching
> DVD's,
> battery life, and exchanging emails. After looking at numerous ones they
> all
> seem close other than price. But, how about being durable. There are some
> that are built to handled very roughly but cost three times as much. My
> thoughts are to buy a more reasonable priced (cheap) one with a good
> carrying case such as the Pelican with the idea if something happens to
> buy
> another. Any comments would be very helpful. Thanks in advance. Terry
>
>

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In article <83bhs0hgnojv9k18k1rhouomr1o53u8fp4@4ax.com>,
AndrewJ <andrewjbbrREMOVE@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>I question which laptop would be best for a solider overseas. Main use would
>>be downloading pictures from digital camera and making CD's, watching DVD's,
>>battery life, and exchanging emails. After looking at numerous ones they all
>>seem close other than price. But, how about being durable. There are some
>>that are built to handled very roughly but cost three times as much. My
>>thoughts are to buy a more reasonable priced (cheap) one with a good
>>carrying case such as the Pelican with the idea if something happens to buy
>>another. Any comments would be very helpful. Thanks in advance. Terry
>>
>Get a Toshiba with 3 year factory warranty and a huge hdd. It really
>hurts those guys to have to delete music and games they get from
>trading.


A CD burner would solve that problem.

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