I'm a PC gamer who has built his own computers since 1995. I recently got married and the wife is looking for a new laptop. Her old one is an 8 year old Toshiba with a Pentium IV, 512MB of Ram and Windows XP. Its painful to use.
Her comment to me was "let's go to Costco or Best Buy and pick one out!"
Being a lifelong hardware junkie and PC builder, that sentence almost stopped my heart. The idea of purchasing a computer form Costco or Best Buy seems like a sin.... but then again, I've never purchased a laptop... ever.
So, where do you PC gurus purchase your wife's, girlfriend's, parent's (aka normal people) laptops? I'm not looking for a custom built Falcon Northwest that can play FarCry 3 at 60FPS. I'm looking for a $750 laptop that will keep the non-geek of my household happy.
We want to purchase retail. She wants to see it and touch it and play with it first. She wants it too look nice. Are Costco and Best Buy really viable options?
... oh, we're American in the Great Lakes region.
Her comment to me was "let's go to Costco or Best Buy and pick one out!"
Being a lifelong hardware junkie and PC builder, that sentence almost stopped my heart. The idea of purchasing a computer form Costco or Best Buy seems like a sin.... but then again, I've never purchased a laptop... ever.
So, where do you PC gurus purchase your wife's, girlfriend's, parent's (aka normal people) laptops? I'm not looking for a custom built Falcon Northwest that can play FarCry 3 at 60FPS. I'm looking for a $750 laptop that will keep the non-geek of my household happy.
We want to purchase retail. She wants to see it and touch it and play with it first. She wants it too look nice. Are Costco and Best Buy really viable options?
... oh, we're American in the Great Lakes region.