I went out to shop for a new laptop last night. I don’t know what it is about laptops, but I just don’t like buying them online. They all look good in the little pictures, but it’s not the same as actually seeing one up close.
I went to the local Best Buy store. It’s about a 20 mile drive for me, but other than Wally-World, there isn’t much else in Lockport that sells a laptop computer. They had quite a selection of computers, but not very organized. Different brands were side-by-side, no progression of price as you went from one to the next. Just plain no-rhyme-or-reason to them.
I looked for a bargain. There were two models that seemed to be reduced. One was on sale at $599, but was too low-end for what I wanted. The one next to it was closer to what I wanted.
It was a Toshiba Satellite for $859. According to the tag, that was $100 off it’s usual price. Cool. It had the features I wanted, which weren’t too demanding, but were a generous sized hard drive (200GB), 2 GB RAM or more and a processor that balanced speed with battery life. It was about what I was looking for, but I wasn’t in love with it. Continue Reading…