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SarahMarie1987:
My trusty laptop has reached its end, I am afraid. It has been with me through 2 colleges and 2 degrees. A few moves. A few drops. But all in all, it has been an awesomely great machine. It was a Toshiba Satellite 10. It will be sorely missed.

But I am looking out for its replacement (sob!) in the near future (aka when I have the cash). Any suggestions?

Ideal laptop would be able to do the following:
Use for writing and or blogging. Like if I need to jump out a piece real quick.
Music. This is what is hurting my one now. Music (Itunes) plays, but every song skips or jumps when using another program.
Video (and maybe video editing) Some times I like to shoot little videos on my phone.
Other than that price is a later issue really.

Laura_7:
Well from your requirements there should not be too high demands on hardware...

any thoughts of OS ? Linux, Apple, Win ?

Concerning your problem with music you might try a few different players, or give the music process priority...
techrepublic dot com/forums/questions/start-program-with-realtime-priority-by-default/
careful with realtime.. you might rather try other priorities...


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SarahMarie1987:

--- Quote from: Laura_7 on June 18, 2015, 05:18:18 pm ---Well from your requirements there should not be too high demands on hardware...

any thoughts of OS ? Linux, Apple, Win ?

Concerning your problem with music you might try a few different players, or give the music process priority...
techrepublic dot com/forums/questions/start-program-with-realtime-priority-by-default/
careful with realtime.. you might rather try other priorities...


hugs

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Thanks!

I knew I forgot something about the OS. I've used Windows all my computing life. But I think I could switch to Apple if their prices were fairly cheap. And if their OS isn't too hard. It seems to me that Windows is trying to get into a mobile laptop/tablet kind of thing. I'm not really
into that.

Laura_7:
Well I'd say just have a look around in your price class then... there are no special demands...

you could compare a bit for sizes and screens, and how it feels for you...
same for the apples... sometimes they are accessible in shops so you could have a look and get a feel of their os...

if you're into gaming win could be a bit more of advantage...

and a word of caution... touching and shopping around might lead to wants :)

I'd say take your time...

and maybe you can live until then with raising the priority of your music application one notch...


hugs

SarahMarie1987:

--- Quote from: Laura_7 on June 19, 2015, 02:20:34 pm ---Well I'd say just have a look around in your price class then... there are no special demands...

you could compare a bit for sizes and screens, and how it feels for you...
same for the apples... sometimes they are accessible in shops so you could have a look and get a feel of their os...

if you're into gaming win could be a bit more of advantage...

and a word of caution... touching and shopping around might lead to wants :)

I'd say take your time...

and maybe you can live until then with raising the priority of your music application one notch...


hugs

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Thank you for your help!

And yes, touching and looking do lead to wanting(!) Ack! Lol.

I think the easiest thing to do is save up the money first and do a little comparison shopping really.

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