Electronics

[chickenbutt]

IMO, unless you're loading a lot of HD movies onto your computer, 500gb is way plenty of space. None of mine are more than that and I back up thousands and thousands of documents, pictures (some unedited so they are full-size), and other stuff on mine. I've never had one get more than 1/3 of the way full.

My newest laptop is an i5, 6gb RAM, 500gb hard drive (Toshiba) and I would never come close to filling that up and I do a lot of recipes, other docs, and hundreds of pictures most every day.

But, again, if you are downloading a bunch of HD movies onto your computer that would make all the difference. Otherwise - just normal computer stuff - 500gb is more than enough.

[jaxs mom]

I have 1 TB and have used just over half the space, so I've used your 500 GB. But I do game and have a decent amount of digital media including movies ( only 100 gig of it is movies though, with another 100 gigs of music). 500 gig should be fine for what you do.

[LilacTree]

On 11/6/2014 NickNack said:

On 11/6/2014 Lynnj said:

On 11/6/2014 NickNack said:

Thank you everyone. You've given me a lot to think about. I'll keep checking other places before I decide. The two computers on QVC I'm considering are these two. They're both dual core i5 processors. What's the difference between a dual core and a quad core. Is the quad core considerably better?

http://www.qvc.com/Dell-15-Touchscreen-Laptop---2GHz-Intel-i7,-8GB-RAM,-1TB-HDD.product.E279922.html...

http://www.qvc.com/Dell-15-Touch-Laptop---1.7GHz-Intel-i5,-8GB-RAM,-1TB-HDD.product.E279930.html?ite...

Personally, I think you can get better prices if you go directly to Dell website and buy from them. The Q throws additional junk in and raises the prices. Make you think your getting a deal. Computer to computer, spec to spec, it will be cheaper directly from the manufacturer - Dell, HP, Toshiba,,etc.

When I go to Dell's websites and put in my specs, 1000 GB (1TB) & up

| 8 GB| Touch Screen Display| Windows 8.1| NEW 4th Gen Intel Core i5| 15" - 16"

the computer comes to $1,549.99. The only thing I would willingly change would be the hard drive size, and you can't change that with the other configurations that I have. I know I don't really need 100 GB (1TB) but that's my only choice after I've picked the other specs. I'm wanting to spend around $800 for a computer, or less of course.

Looks like the difference in price from around the $800 you want to spend and the $1550 for this model is the touch screen display. Do you really need that?

[Nuttmeg]

On 11/7/2014 Ford1224 said:

On 11/6/2014 NickNack said:

On 11/6/2014 Lynnj said:

On 11/6/2014 NickNack said:

Thank you everyone. You've given me a lot to think about. I'll keep checking other places before I decide. The two computers on QVC I'm considering are these two. They're both dual core i5 processors. What's the difference between a dual core and a quad core. Is the quad core considerably better?

http://www.qvc.com/Dell-15-Touchscreen-Laptop---2GHz-Intel-i7,-8GB-RAM,-1TB-HDD.product.E279922.html...

http://www.qvc.com/Dell-15-Touch-Laptop---1.7GHz-Intel-i5,-8GB-RAM,-1TB-HDD.product.E279930.html?ite...

Personally, I think you can get better prices if you go directly to Dell website and buy from them. The Q throws additional junk in and raises the prices. Make you think your getting a deal. Computer to computer, spec to spec, it will be cheaper directly from the manufacturer - Dell, HP, Toshiba,,etc.

When I go to Dell's websites and put in my specs, 1000 GB (1TB) & up

| 8 GB| Touch Screen Display| Windows 8.1| NEW 4th Gen Intel Core i5| 15" - 16"

the computer comes to $1,549.99. The only thing I would willingly change would be the hard drive size, and you can't change that with the other configurations that I have. I know I don't really need 100 GB (1TB) but that's my only choice after I've picked the other specs. I'm wanting to spend around $800 for a computer, or less of course.

Looks like the difference in price from around the $800 you want to spend and the $1550 for this model is the touch screen display. Do you really need that?

Hi Ford,

The laptop above is an 15" XPS product. The starting price for this size in the series is $1549.99.

[RainyDayGal]

For what you do it will be more than enough. I would never spend $1500 on a computer just to check email and surf the web. Go to Best Buy and talk to their sales people. They will steer you towards what you need, and nothing more. There is no reason to buy the latest and greatest and most expensive computer. You can probably find what you need for just a few hundred.

[NickNack]

On 11/7/2014 Ford1224 said:

On 11/6/2014 NickNack said:

On 11/6/2014 Lynnj said:

On 11/6/2014 NickNack said:

Thank you everyone. You've given me a lot to think about. I'll keep checking other places before I decide. The two computers on QVC I'm considering are these two. They're both dual core i5 processors. What's the difference between a dual core and a quad core. Is the quad core considerably better?

http://www.qvc.com/Dell-15-Touchscreen-Laptop---2GHz-Intel-i7,-8GB-RAM,-1TB-HDD.product.E279922.html...

http://www.qvc.com/Dell-15-Touch-Laptop---1.7GHz-Intel-i5,-8GB-RAM,-1TB-HDD.product.E279930.html?ite...

Personally, I think you can get better prices if you go directly to Dell website and buy from them. The Q throws additional junk in and raises the prices. Make you think your getting a deal. Computer to computer, spec to spec, it will be cheaper directly from the manufacturer - Dell, HP, Toshiba,,etc.

When I go to Dell's websites and put in my specs, 1000 GB (1TB) & up

| 8 GB| Touch Screen Display| Windows 8.1| NEW 4th Gen Intel Core i5| 15" - 16"

the computer comes to $1,549.99. The only thing I would willingly change would be the hard drive size, and you can't change that with the other configurations that I have. I know I don't really need 100 GB (1TB) but that's my only choice after I've picked the other specs. I'm wanting to spend around $800 for a computer, or less of course.

Looks like the difference in price from around the $800 you want to spend and the $1550 for this model is the touch screen display. Do you really need that?

No, I would never spend $1,550. I was just saying that was what it came to when I built it myself. When I looked around further the way that you all said I found one for $800 or less.

[Wackers3]

On 11/7/2014 NickNack said:

On 11/7/2014 Ford1224 said:

On 11/6/2014 NickNack said:

On 11/6/2014 Lynnj said:

On 11/6/2014 NickNack said:

Thank you everyone. You've given me a lot to think about. I'll keep checking other places before I decide. The two computers on QVC I'm considering are these two. They're both dual core i5 processors. What's the difference between a dual core and a quad core. Is the quad core considerably better?

http://www.qvc.com/Dell-15-Touchscreen-Laptop---2GHz-Intel-i7,-8GB-RAM,-1TB-HDD.product.E279922.html...

http://www.qvc.com/Dell-15-Touch-Laptop---1.7GHz-Intel-i5,-8GB-RAM,-1TB-HDD.product.E279930.html?ite...

Personally, I think you can get better prices if you go directly to Dell website and buy from them. The Q throws additional junk in and raises the prices. Make you think your getting a deal. Computer to computer, spec to spec, it will be cheaper directly from the manufacturer - Dell, HP, Toshiba,,etc.

When I go to Dell's websites and put in my specs, 1000 GB (1TB) & up

| 8 GB| Touch Screen Display| Windows 8.1| NEW 4th Gen Intel Core i5| 15" - 16"

the computer comes to $1,549.99. The only thing I would willingly change would be the hard drive size, and you can't change that with the other configurations that I have. I know I don't really need 100 GB (1TB) but that's my only choice after I've picked the other specs. I'm wanting to spend around $800 for a computer, or less of course.

Looks like the difference in price from around the $800 you want to spend and the $1550 for this model is the touch screen display. Do you really need that?

No, I would never spend $1,550. I was just saying that was what it came to when I built it myself. When I looked around further the way that you all said I found one for $800 or less.

I would seriously consider an HP too, or even an Asus (just not as well known but excellent quality) Dell has gone down in quality the last few years (read as many reviews on their website and elsewhere - it will be helpful) Even QVC has been selling HP a lot more than Dells in the last 2 years.

QVC makes their money by all the add ons they do, not on the actual computer which, if you priced only their specs on the laptop, you will find it for much less. I have not read too many positives regarding their Tech Support (and it is "first contact USA based" which usually means that person will direct you to someone else and that is often somewhere in who knows where. Then it can be challenging to understand them. Read through reviews here for some insight and opinions.

[Nuttmeg]

I remember high quality Dell tech support 22 years ago and $3000 price tags . Today, you can find a computer for $500 and off shore tech.

[mima]

500 is plenty if you ask me. My two cents about the touch screen...I don't know if you want this for sure or not. I wouldn't pay extra for it. I have a touch screen all in one and never use the touch screen part. I would much rather use a mouse with a laptop. You might want it if you travel. It isn't handy for me.

[gardenman]

HP has recently released a new line of laptops to challenge Google's Chromebooks. They're called the HP Stream. They come with a full version of Windows 8.1, but are essentially made to be used like a Chromebook with storage and most of the apps stored in the cloud. The pros are they're pretty inexpensive little computers starting at $199 and give you the ability to run a full version of Windows and Windows based software. The negatives are that they're pretty compromised little devices (perfectly suitable for most users though who only web surf, do word processing, etc.) and they're Windows machines meaning you still have to worry about viruses/malware unlike Chromebooks. If you're looking for an inexpensive little laptop though they're another option to consider. There aren't a lot of reviews out there on them as of yet, but they're an interesting new option.