Hi Benjamin, She currently has a 14 inch screen (measured diagonally) and would like to keep about the same form size. This means no 10 key on the right side. Mostly she uses her computer for web browsing, email, word processing and spreadsheets. She would like something faster than she has right now, or at least better response times. Her current computer has an AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-60 2.0 GHz cpu, 3GB RAM. I'm not worried about HD size since she isn't even close to filling the one she has now. The laptop is an HP. The second fan is dying, if not already dead. My current laptop, also an HP, I've had to replace the fan already, and it was less than two years old at the time. Again, we're looking for consumer systems that are reliable from a hardware perspective and don't need to be fixed very often, or at least until it needs replacing for 4 or 5 years down the road (preferred). Once I get an idea of what manufacturer's product lines are more reliable than the others, I can do specific task/machine sizing. For the PC-compatible laptops, who makes the most reliable consumer-class systems? Which of their product lines are more reliable? Budget: We're not rich, but we can afford something reasonably decent. Thanks again for everyone's help and comments! Harlan... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Benjamin" <me at bengentry.com> To: "TCLUG Mailing List" <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2014 8:16:27 AM Subject: Re: [tclug-list] OT: Best consumer class laptops Harlan, I would really need more info in order to give a good recomendation on what to buy. What is your budget range? What will it be used for? Are there any features it needs to have like say a touchscreen or ten-key numberpad? What size? Thanks, Benjamin Gentry On 05/10/2014 09:51 PM, Harlan H. Bloom wrote: Hello Everyone, I hope your weekend is going good, despite more rain tonight. Also, please wish a Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms in your life. Yes, i do have a real question. :) We are looking to replace my wife's laptop in the near future and are wondering what are the best consumer-class laptops on the market right now. I am not talking about the business product lines, but the product lines generally made for home use. We're more concerned with hardware problems than software environments or operating systems. It's getting more difficult to replace fans in laptops as I have less time these days. I've replaced fans in two computers in the past three years; the first fan I replaced is failing again. I realize this is off-topic. Yes, I do run Linux on my computers, and watch this list regularly even if I don't often comment on the topics. Thank you very much for your help, time and attention! Harlan... _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20140511/753fae6b/attachment.html>