wasilvers
Well-known member
I need to get the kiddos each a laptop for their school this year. They are home-schooled and will be doing streaming school thru Abeka video.
The machines have to stream flash (Adobe 10) with no problems - as well as be ok machines for the next year or so. It has to be durable enough for the kids to travel with them 2-3 days a week. The kids are careful enough with our laptop, but you never know what they can get into. I have MS Office licenses for them so that will be installed as well.
I thought about netbooks, but each review I read shows they have trouble with playing flash without being jumpy. UMPC's are an option, but I have to buy 2 in the next 3 weeks, so the cost is up there. "Rugged" Notebooks are not an option at $3k each.
Any suggestions? Any brands work great for you? I use HP now, and we go thru about 1 a year with power cord or display issues.
Thanks for any input!
Will
The machines have to stream flash (Adobe 10) with no problems - as well as be ok machines for the next year or so. It has to be durable enough for the kids to travel with them 2-3 days a week. The kids are careful enough with our laptop, but you never know what they can get into. I have MS Office licenses for them so that will be installed as well.
I thought about netbooks, but each review I read shows they have trouble with playing flash without being jumpy. UMPC's are an option, but I have to buy 2 in the next 3 weeks, so the cost is up there. "Rugged" Notebooks are not an option at $3k each.
Any suggestions? Any brands work great for you? I use HP now, and we go thru about 1 a year with power cord or display issues.
Thanks for any input!
Will