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About Lauren Bennett
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I am a computer science major and my dad is an Electric Engineering, so my life has revolved around computers. For as long as I can remember, I have been buying and selling computers. I tend to travel a lot, so I have always had a laptop. I have bought 5 of them for myself, and bought around 30-40 for friends and family. I have dealt with the good and the bad of various version and brand names. If you are in need of buying a laptop, feel free to contact me and I'm sure I will be able to guide you into purchasing the laptop that will be the best fit for you. I will custom build you computers for you to choose from so you can get an exact idea of what to go and buy when you do it yourself and so that you have an exact price. However, I am in the USA and am only knowledgeable about computers here in the US. I do not know about foreign currency or the quality of computer brand names outside the US.

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B.S. in Computer Science. Buying and selling for years. Assisting friends/family.

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Laptops - Is this a good buy?


Expert: Lauren Bennett - 12/3/2007

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HP Pavillion with AMD Turion 64 x2
Model: dv6636nr SKU: 8525768

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Answer
What is the graphics card on it? It generally isn't a going idea to get an integrated graphics card, such as the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator because you essentially don't have a graphics card and you can never change or upgrade it.

Also, what is the warranty? You never want to buy a laptop without a warranty from the manufacturer (HP in this case) because if anything goes wrong you are essentially screwed.  It costs a lot to pay someone to get a laptop fixed.  HP will do it for free if you have their warranty.

Also, don't let Best Buy talk to you into their Geek Squad support.  It is the most overpriced support I have ever seen in my entire life.  They charge more for one diagnostic screening than Dell and HP do for an entire 4 year hardware warranty (which overs 24/7 tech support, all hardware parts, and repair).

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