{"id":3105,"date":"2012-07-24T12:38:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-24T12:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2012\/07\/24\/laptop-bleg\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:19:05","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:19:05","slug":"laptop-bleg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=3105","title":{"rendered":"Laptop Bleg"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m in the market for two laptops.<\/p>\n

The first is for the Virtual Stepdaughter who is going back to grad school to get her masters in education. Her current Dell laptop is a 2005 vintage from her freshman year in college. It is more than a bit outdated. <\/p>\n

Her non-negotiables are built-in DVD\/CD-Rom, Intel (or AMD) based, and decent battery life. She will need to carry it to class sometimes so weight is a major secondary consideration. While her classes will meet only one day a week in person, she’ll have additional work to do through Blackboard and\/or WebCT.<\/p>\n

My consideration on this laptop is that it not cost more than $600 or so.<\/p>\n

The second laptop is for me. I’m in the market for an ultrabook or something light, thin, and MacBook Air-like. I’m torn between the MacBook Air and an Intel Windows 7 based ultrabook. I plan to use it for blogging from the road and the like. Battery-life and weight are my major considerations. I’d like it to be under 4 pounds. I don’t have any preference between a solid-state drive vs. a more traditional harddrive.<\/p>\n

I can get employee discounts on HP and Dell through work and because I’m adjunct faculty at a local university I’m eligible for higher ed pricing.<\/p>\n

My goal is to purchase these during North Carolina’s tax-free weekend of August 3-5.<\/p>\n

Thanks for any and all suggestions.<\/p>\n

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