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Squintos_86
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The little sister headed off to college, so I was naturally enlisted to help her pick out a laptop. I had her set up with a Lenovo T530, upgraded screen but otherwise fairly stock. Ordered that direct from Lenovo in mid-august, only to have them fail to deliver it not once, but twice. Now the parts are on backorder and it will be more than a month, so that order is being canceled.
I pushed hard for her to get a Lenovo due to the build quality and the fact she's a bit rough on things, but Lenovo didn't seem to want to cooperate lol. Budget is $800, but the lower the better. She only needs a sturdy wordprocessing/web browsing/occasional movie machine, but she insists on a full 15" form factor--any other laptops that might fit the bill? I was thinking the Dell or HP business lines, but I don't have any experience with those, so any insight you guys have would be appreciated.
* Was just informed that a backlit keyboard is a big sticking point.* Generally the only way to get those is to customize new machines, correct? I've been looking through both dell, lenovo, and HP outlets but have yet to find one with a backlit kb.
-Thanks
I pushed hard for her to get a Lenovo due to the build quality and the fact she's a bit rough on things, but Lenovo didn't seem to want to cooperate lol. Budget is $800, but the lower the better. She only needs a sturdy wordprocessing/web browsing/occasional movie machine, but she insists on a full 15" form factor--any other laptops that might fit the bill? I was thinking the Dell or HP business lines, but I don't have any experience with those, so any insight you guys have would be appreciated.
* Was just informed that a backlit keyboard is a big sticking point.* Generally the only way to get those is to customize new machines, correct? I've been looking through both dell, lenovo, and HP outlets but have yet to find one with a backlit kb.
-Thanks
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