a warning on acers,avoid them if support/after care service is wanted/needed-it's useless,at least it is here anyway.
recommend toshibas-but not really the entry level equiums,they are good LTs-they are extremely solid,have dropped this one a few times with no damage,though they don't take meltdown damage,great minimal layout,but the silver paint starts to wear off in the wrist areas less than a year of use,same as the mouse buttons becoming quite bad less than a year later [this is probably due to being a constant user],and they cannot have their memory upgraded [there's two gb of ram in them,not sure if there's a higher spec than that] if have got the money-go for a higher end toshiba-these are so well built.
and remember to buy a laptop bag,or skin at the least,they're rarely sold with them.
laptop bags can be on the shoulder,or rucksack,or in the hand type.
it depends what self would like,but for comfort reasons,am recommend rucksack type as it puts the weight out across shoulders and back evenly,there is a lot of weight in laptops-especially when carrying them for a while,the shoulder bags put all the weight on one side and can cause all sorts of problems.
Am have a targus shoulder bag and a Blacks ruck sack from Blacks [the outdoors shop] -the rucksack has got a strong padded back on it,big padded comfort things to attach around middle,and a laptop is easily fitted in with other stuff,but would recommend using a skin with one of those.
Also,something else to recommend-if are using it in public places,get a laptop lock-these fit in the kensington slot,most laptops have got a k slot,wrap the cable around something that cannot be lifted easily,and lock,it stops dive in laptop stealing,it mashes the plastic around the lock edge a little,but nothing major.
they sell these locks in poundland in the UK [thats where am got one].
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