Senior Citizen Laptop Any recomendations for a 14"-15" Laptop for a senior citizen's first computer? Mostly to do e-mail and shop on line. Send and receive photos.
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Samsung R540-JA02 is lighter, by a few ounces, as well as cheaper, and it does all that this Toshiba does. Samsung has better service, too.
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Sennis, you can see the age bias here. Ask you question again and tell them you are a hot 24 year old guy.Then SOMEBODY will answer your question. I think for you the Toshibas will do fine. Just pick your price range and go for it. Get it at a place that will help you get started and, if necessary, check your local school community education to learn how to run it. But you may not need to that.
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Maybe Dennis is a senior, or maybe he is just helping a senior with the selection. I am trying to find something for my parents, who are 80-ish. They had a computer a while back for word processing, but have never gone online. I know they would love it if they had a very user-friendly machine.Dennis, did you find something good? I'd love to know.
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This is good computer for light computing. Facebook games will probably be fine. I have found this is the best value for a good computer.
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HP ProBook 4530s XU015UT 15.6" LED Notebook (2.1 GHz Intel Core i3-2310M Dual-Core Processor, 4 GB RAM, 320 GB Hard Drive, DVD+/-RW SuperMulti DL LightScribe, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit) This computer will be more than adequate for journaling. The screen is, more or less, the industry standard size (15.6 inches). A larger screen will make the laptop heavier and make the battery run down faster. This laptop is a moderate to heavy-weight machine. It has relatively new electronics in it (Intel core i3 processor, Bluetooth 3.0,HD screen, and a USB 3.0 port) It also has a nine cell battery which will give you plenty of time to journal without having to recharge the battery. For a first laptop, this is a little pricey, but worth every penny. If you have cash concerns, you might want to start off with a Netbook. It is smaller (10.1 inch screen) and does not have a DVD/CD drive in it. They are slower and they run around $299. A Netbook is good for journaling, Internet, and email, but it does have a slightly smaller keyboard. Over all, If you have the money to spare, and you don't buy this computer, you may kick yourself later when you do decide to buy a laptop. I hope this helped.
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Jim, I'm not very computer savvy but for an almost fifty-seven year old woman the Acer Aspire is lovely. I'm not an Apple person but it seems comparable to my friends' Macbook. I did much research before buying my Acer and read good things about it. Hope this helps a bit
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I feel your pain... you could make it worse by adding a Notebook and Laptop into the mix. I do think how you use it is a big piece of the consideration. The small screen on the SmartPhone is going to be a factor in my decision... For internet browsing and email a SmartPhone would probably be ok... but if you are doing a lot of work I wonder if the screen size would be a problem. In my case, I have access issues to consider as well. I might be able to eliminate my satelite internet if I went with a smart phone... but even that gives rise to the question of whether or not to wait for 4G. Makes my head hurt. I will say, from experience, whenever you make price a major consideration you will likely make the wrong choice. One other consideration is simply size. Carrying a smart phone around is going to be a whole lot asier than a tablet. Since I'm looking at replacing my "indeispensible" laptop I'm actually considering a desktop and tablet. That way I avoid the decision regarding the SmartPhone!
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I bought it for my Grandson, his computer is 14 or 15 inches and it works very well. Thanks
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It could be a good highschool laptop - the price is excellent. You would need to purchase Microsoft office 365 to get Word, Power Point, Excel. It is a big screen - 15.6 inches wide - but not heavy. Could go in your backpack to school with you. Good battery life. Hope that helps...
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This small laptop is not worth it ...slow and only good for emails....you iphone is better than this one...check out a 14" Toshiba....upgrade memory....try to get Windows 7...8 is garbage....the 14 inch has CD....much better.....the 10 inch is worthless....waste of money...only 1 gb....do not buy it...
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Mine was "good to go" - I had a second laptop and I used my URL to copy files, documents, etc to the Dell. My problem came much later. It was a VERY good laptop for what I used it for. I am away from home days at a time - I wanted a second laptop so I could keep one with me - leave the other at home. Mostly e-mail, on-line banking, games. I had my D610 about a year (I purchased it "refurbished"). About a month ago I stared getting error messages and freezes ..then it crashed. I took it to the shop and they could not fix it. While I had it I used it A LOT and it was a very good second laptop. I am now considering a NEW ACER notebook for about $200. My first was an ACER and it is nearly 8 years old and very reliable.
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14" Lenovo T410 = No. Rest of it, sure. Over the summer, I've packed shoes, change of clothes, beach blankets, a weeks worth of produce from the farmers market, and more. The issue I think you'd run into with the ThinkPad is the dimensions of the laptop itself and no easy way to position it where it's not going to potentially take some type of impact or hard jounce.
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I would recommend a mouse (wireless). You can get one @ Office Depot or any electronic store. Not very expensive. Much better than the touch screen for normal, everyday computer use. .
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It completely depends upon identifying your needs and then matching that to the available models. Decide first, based on your personal needs, if you want a cheap laptop in the $250-399 range (good laptops tend to start around $250) that can't do much more than surf the web and word process, or a mid level model in the $400-600 range that can do nearly all a good desktop can do, or a $700+ model that has the most bells and whistles. Once you've made this decision, then consider the following important features: battery life, type of processor, amount of available and upgradable memory, hard drive size. Consider also any features you find important for yourself, for example, quality of speakers, # of ports, Windows 7 or 8 or 8.1, type of keyboard, etc. Try the buying guide at Microsoft.com and/or Best Buy, I found both to be very helpful and educational for me. I'm in the process of deciding which model to buy, and found their buying guides gave a lot of useful info about what each feature is, in plain English, and how to decide which one fits for you. I've decided to go with a mid level laptop, I won't say which brand, but I will say that I feel that the large companies such as HP, Dell and perhaps Lenovo and Toshiba seem to design more solid and long lasting parts. I'm sure you'll find some people happy with other companies, but I'm going to stick with those ones I think are more reliable.
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First, if you are set on a 14 inch laptop like I was, this one is the deal. You can find better pricing on 15.6 inch lappys but generally they aren't as powerful. They still may meet your needs as the tendency is to overbuy. Look at the top 100 list for amazon computers
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It's an amazing lap top for it's age. How ever Dell made the parts inside permanet you can not upgrade anything. It has one USB port which suprised me for the year built. It has the old style printer port. Now with windows XP expiring in April, I use FoxFire browser. I mainly use it for home part of my home security system.
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I would probably look for.a bigger lap desk. I also have a 13 inch MacBook and it's just right for the computer. If I push the computer up and to the left on the desk there is probably 2 inches at the bottom and 3 inches to the right.
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Graphics on this Laptop are probably too limited. It is a nice, mid-size, LT, but the uses would be more for doing Power Point, Excel, database, email, et al. I do run Visio (for engineering) and it handles it acceptably well. If the games are not too graphically demanding it could work out. I would highly recommend getting the lit keyboard though. I had one, but the one I bought had stock keyboard and the front light from the display keeps the keys in the dark in less than optimum lighting. I had to break out my USB LED. I will probably change the keyboard. I am sorry to not know games to handle specific examples of what might work or not, but that is where you might not get what you want. Graphics on this Laptop are probably too limited. It is a nice, mid-size, LT, but the uses would be more for doing Power Point, Excel, database, email, et al. I do run Visio (for engineering) and it handles it acceptably well. If the games are not too graphically demanding it could work out. I would highly recommend getting the lit keyboard though. I had one, but the one I bought had stock keyboard and the front light from the display keeps the keys in the dark in less than optimum lighting. I had to break out my USB LED. I will probably change the keyboard. I am sorry to not know games to... » Read More Graphics on this Laptop are probably too limited. It is a nice, mid-size, LT, but the uses would be more for doing Power Point, Excel, database, email, et al. I do run Visio (for engineering) and it handles it acceptably well. If the games are not too graphically demanding it could work out. I would highly recommend getting the lit keyboard though. I had one, but the one I bought had stock keyboard and the front light from the display keeps the keys in the dark in less than optimum lighting. I had to break out my USB LED. I will probably change the keyboard. I am sorry to not know games to handle specific examples of what might work or not, but that is where you might not get what you want. « Show Less
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Thanks! I appreciate the information. I'll probably buy the U100 (aren't lower numbers usually cheaper?), or maybe the Acer equivalent or even the Asus, though that seems to be a bit heavier. (I'd welcome opinions on the relative merits of these computers.)