Lost Windows

[Janet]

I don't really have any idea what I want either. I just don't want to spend a lot of money. Guess for now I will continue to check them out....Mac's and PC's.

[Blueyes]

Get it from Best Buy. Most of the time they offer a great no interest payment incentive.

[JJJ]

Best Buy is great. I just bought my boys a HP from Best Buy and it's perfect for them. Great memory storage, nice design for $300. Better than what I have at the moment.

[Janet]

We buy most of our electronics from Best Buy. Still don't have my laptop back. Hopefully they'll have it ready soon....feel kind of lost without it....lol

[judy]

I have Vista and it hasn't crashed in a long time. Definitely back up all your pix, music, documents, and whatever else you want to keep from now on. I use flash drives. My plan is to put everything onto flash drives and then delete them from my pc altogether. It's time consuming, so I have been putting it off.

I don't love my ipad. I prefer the big screen on my pc. I'm also familiar with how to negfotiate around it. I didn't need the iPad.

I do love my ipod! I have a lot of my music on it, sirius xm radio, audiobooks, Pandora,, and our local radio station. I bought a charger/speaker which allows me to listen to whatever I want without earphones. The sound is excellent too!

It is a big decision!!! Cnet.com has come out with reviews for 2011. I haven't checked it out yet, but I like their reviews. Amazon's customer reviews are very helpful too. Consumersearch.com is also helpful.

[Janet]

Thanks Judy for the links. I will check them out. I'm sorry you don't love your iPad. I really do love love love mine. The only thing I'm not thrilled with is when I try to type very much at one time. For FB it's not bad at all, but if I want to post a longer post like on here, I screw up just about every time. So frustrating.

[gja1000]

Originally Posted by Janet

Thanks Judy for the links. I will check them out. I'm sorry you don't love your iPad. I really do love love love mine. The only thing I'm not thrilled with is when I try to type very much at one time. For FB it's not bad at all, but if I want to post a longer post like on here, I screw up just about every time. So frustrating.

Janet, I thought you got a case for your iPad for Christmas that had a keyboard with it. I don't like to type on my iPad either, but you can get a keyboard for it so typing is just like on a laptop. I know they make a case or a stand maybe that has a keyboard. They also have a fold up keyboard (for travel) that is nice. I need to get one, but just haven't done it yet because I don't like to type on my iPad either.

I think more people are using iPads for work, rather than just for personal use. Our teachers and students use them extensively in class and clinical (clinics and hospitals for our student nurses). You can do some amazing things with them in terms of medical and educational uses.

If I were you Janet, I might think about getting a keyboard for my iPad, while you are saving for your laptop. I think that would help to use the iPad while you are waiting to get a laptop. If I remember right, they were about $69.00 at the Apple store (online or in person store)

For me the iPad is invaluable as I can be online and connected to work or family when Gary and I travel to more remote places that don't have wireless (eg. national forests) but do have cell service. I couldn't live without my iPad now