Need Laptop Recommendations
Ok, I've been wanting a laptop for a long time and am now earnestly shopping for one. (I don't currently have a laptop, only a desktop.) I need some advice/recommendations.
Basically, here's what I've already decided:
I want a Toshiba laptop. I have a Dell desktop and it's been a very good computer overall. However, I bought a printer/scanner/fax all-in-one from Dell right after I bought my desktop and have never been able to get the fax fucntion to work. I'm a customer who reads the manual BEFORE calling customer support and when I did, I got someone in India who only told me what the user manual told me. I was royally ticked off with them and am now very wary of buying from Dell, especially since I've been hearing some horror stories from different people who bought Dells over the last couple of years.
I've been browsing at Best Buy and I really like the Toshibas and have heard they're very good and reliable.
The one I saw that I liked at Best Buy was a Toshiba Satellite M-something-or-other. (I didn't write down the exact model number.) I prefer a smaller laptop with a 14" screen as opposed to 15" or larger. The one I was looking at had 4 gigs of RAM and was priced at $649. I would have bought it on the spot except for one thing: the keys are very shiny and slick. Maybe it's dumb, but that really bugs me. I'd like the keys to have a matte finish so my fingers aren't sliding all around. I don't want shiny keys!
But the mousepad on that model was textured which meant that my finger would "catch", which I liked. And the speakers produced outstanding sound.
I'd really prefer to have XP instead of Vista since I've heard so many bad things about it. Best Buy won't sell me a laptop with XP on it, but ToshibaDirect.com DOES have some laptops available with XP already on them.
The trouble with ToshibaDirect.com is that I can't tell from the photos if the keys are shiny or not.
Any recommendations on a good Toshiba model? I'd greatly appreciate some advice.
Sincerely,
Michelle
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