I am looking for an inexpensive windows laptop with wireless. Any recommendations or brands to avoid? How is Acer? Thanks

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Scott Roberts
Ruling Elder, Lakeside Presbyterian Church (PCA)
Southlake, Texas

Acer is OK. I prefer Toshiba or HP. You can get one with a very good configuration for about $500.

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Fredrick T. Greco
Senior Pastor, Christ Church PCA (Katy, TX)
Christ Church Blog

"The heart is the main thing in true religion...It is the hinge and turning-point in the condition of man's soul. If the heart is alive to God and quickened by the Spirit, the man is a living Christian. If the heart is dead and has not the Spirit, the man is dead before God." (J.C. Ryle)

I do prefer my MacBook Now with Beta testing I can run logos.

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Joseph P. Grigoletti II
Lay-person
Église Réformée du Québec
Québec, Québec Canada

''Nothing is so sacred that Satan will not invade it. In fact, the more sacred something is, the more he desires to profane it.''
John MacArthur

he said inexpensive.

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Fredrick T. Greco
Senior Pastor, Christ Church PCA (Katy, TX)
Christ Church Blog

"The heart is the main thing in true religion...It is the hinge and turning-point in the condition of man's soul. If the heart is alive to God and quickened by the Spirit, the man is a living Christian. If the heart is dead and has not the Spirit, the man is dead before God." (J.C. Ryle)

I purchased an Acer for my youngest for about $500. It has 160 GB and works great! I personally use an HP Pavilion dv2500 which was also pretty cheap ($800). But, I wanted 250 GB and 3 GB memory.

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Dennis E. McFadden, Ex Mainline Baptist (in Remission)
Atherton Baptist Homes, CEO
First Baptist Church of Alhambra, Member, Transformation Ministries (CA)

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I purchased my Acer for $350 at Circuit City, though I do not recommend anyone do that again. Acer does not provide technical support for its computer (it claims it does, but trust me, the company does NOT follow through). So, the only support you get is from the extended warranty you buy through Circuit City. It's great and everything; I mean, your laptop is covered no matter what happens to it (dropped, drink spills, dog urinates on it, etc)...but for minor problems, it's only when CC feels like it's convinient to fix the computer. That's where the need for on the phone tech support comes in. If you have a computer company that gives support for the hardware AND operating system, then you'll get along great. I just helped one of my clients purchase a Dell Inspiron for $500. It had an AMD Athlon 64x2 Processor, 3 GB RAM, big video card, and DVD+/- RW. It was an all around great machine. I highly recommend going with Dell. Wonderful tech support, good hardware - it's exactly what someone who is looking for a good, inexpensive laptop needs.

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Dan Pemberton
Vacaville, CA

Member, First Baptist Church San Luis Obispo
Formerly ABUSA (We left, so I guess that makes us American Baptists Unleashed!)

Which would be better:

TOSHIBA Satellite Laptop

or

Compaq - Presario Laptop with Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core Processor T2370

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Scott Roberts
Ruling Elder, Lakeside Presbyterian Church (PCA)
Southlake, Texas

I've seen some great deals on HP dv6xxxt series notebooks lately with 3GB RAM. Unless I'm mistaken, I've seen some under $800. I have had a dv6000t model since February '07 and have been very satisfied, and it replaced an HP which I had for four years with no issues.

Bill

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William G. Moore, Pastor
Carolina Commentary
Cornerstone Baptist Church
Clinton, SC

All I can vouch for is Compaq, because it's all I have (Model V2000). However, I have had no problems with it at all and have enjoyed using it.

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Devin Brian
1689er
Attending Trinity Baptist Church in Shreveport, LA.
Vivian, Louisiana, USA

"The fall of man is written in too legible characters not to be understood: Those that deny it, by their denying, prove it." - George Whitefield

Each has only 1 GB of RAM, so you will not be able to run Vista, even though they both come with it pre-installed.

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Dan Pemberton
Vacaville, CA

Member, First Baptist Church San Luis Obispo
Formerly ABUSA (We left, so I guess that makes us American Baptists Unleashed!)

I tend to get a new laptop about every 2-3 years. My favorite has been Compaq. I would never recommend anyone get a Gateway. I have had a lot of problems with mine.

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Ryan Barnhart - Pastor of OGBC
Husband to a beautiful wife, Father to two beautiful girls
"But by the grace of God I am what I am." I Corinthians 15:10

"I confess to you, that if I can but live and die serving the Lord Jesus, it will make no difference to me whether I am eaten by Cannibals or by worms. And in the Great Day my Resurrection body will rise as fair as yours in the likeness of our risen Redeemer." - John Paton

RAM is dirt cheap. Get the specs otherwise, and then just upgrade the RAM. (Better if you pay for less initially in a notebook, since you'll likely replace all the original RAM.

Here's just one example of a place to get 4GB for about $75:
Newegg.com - Laptop RAM, Laptop Memory, Laptop RAM Upgrade, Notebook Memory, Laptop Memory Upgrade

Here is also a Toshiba with 2GB for $500:
Toshiba - Satellite Laptop with AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology TL-60 - Onyx Blue Metallic - A215-S5837

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Fredrick T. Greco
Senior Pastor, Christ Church PCA (Katy, TX)
Christ Church Blog

"The heart is the main thing in true religion...It is the hinge and turning-point in the condition of man's soul. If the heart is alive to God and quickened by the Spirit, the man is a living Christian. If the heart is dead and has not the Spirit, the man is dead before God." (J.C. Ryle)