Which would you choose - a 17 inch laptop 2.95 lbs vs a 15.6 inch laptop 2.41 lbs.?

[Carpediem]

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Originally Posted by W2R This one? https://www.costco.com/LG-Gram-17-La...100485159.html You KNOW you want it!!! I bet you can afford it, too, and it looks simply beautiful. I pasted the link just to tempt you. (sorry! ) Laptops are my weakness, I admit it.

You're killing me, W2R! DW and I looked at the LG Gram 17 yesterday at Costco. The $150 off special expires on 5/26. DW keeps telling me to go ahead and buy it but I can't make myself pull out the Citi Costco credit card, which is weird because I love laptops too. My current one (Toshia P875, 17") was made in 2012 but is perfectly fine. I do worry about it dying unexpectedly though. Time for more procrastination......

[GTFan]

I'm in the same boat, have a 7 year old HP 17" which still runs great (after an SSD upgrade a few years ago) but it's a boat anchor and the battery life sucks.

Really want one of these new slim 17s but the price is just way out of line for what I use it for - surfing, taxes/investments and the occasional Android phone/tablet hack.

When they get under a grand I'll get one, not going to go smaller on screen size.

[Golden Mean]

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Originally Posted by W2R This one? https://www.costco.com/LG-Gram-17-La...100485159.html You KNOW you want it!!! I bet you can afford it, too, and it looks simply beautiful. I pasted the link just to tempt you. (sorry! ) Laptops are my weakness, I admit it.

You are sooo mean!

I think the shiny screen is saving me. I like the matte screens and I bet, with that battery life, I'd be tempted to use it outside more often, which would exacerbate the reflections on that type of screen.

And no, I'm not going to search online to see if there's a matte LCD replacement I could swap in. I'm not... really... no....

[W2R]

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Originally Posted by Carpediem You're killing me, W2R! DW and I looked at the LG Gram 17 yesterday at Costco. The $150 off special expires on 5/26. DW keeps telling me to go ahead and buy it but I can't make myself pull out the Citi Costco credit card, which is weird because I love laptops too. My current one (Toshia P875, 17") was made in 2012 but is perfectly fine. I do worry about it dying unexpectedly though. Time for more procrastination......

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Originally Posted by Golden Mean You are sooo mean! I think the shiny screen is saving me. I like the matte screens and I bet, with that battery life, I'd be tempted to use it outside more often, which would exacerbate the reflections on that type of screen. And no, I'm not going to search online to see if there's a matte LCD replacement I could swap in. I'm not... really... no....

Isn't that a gorgeous laptop? I love it! I don't care if I have a shiny screen or a matte screen, either. OH well (sigh!) I'll wait, but only because I bought a new 17" Dell gaming laptop just last fall. I am getting a big kick out of it, too. I just love new laptops.

P.S. - - it's always better to replace an old laptop *before* it craters and all your photos and data disappear into a black hole, rather than after. Just a thought.

OK, I just backed mine up this afternoon so I have data loss on the mind.

[imoldernu]

An old man, behind the times....

I'm not sure where I'd use a laptop. Three $100 refurbished desktops, next to recliners in three rooms. Win10, that goes as fast as I want, and no reason to move a computer from room to room. Since I'm not employed, no reason to use a computer outside the home. All synced.

So, I wonder... if you are retired, where else do you use your laptops? Serious question.

[Golden Mean]

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Originally Posted by imoldernu An old man, behind the times.... I'm not sure where I'd use a laptop. Three $100 refurbished desktops, next to recliners in three rooms. Win10, that goes as fast as I want, and no reason to move a computer from room to room. Since I'm not employed, no reason to use a computer outside the home. All synced. So, I wonder... if you are retired, where else do you use your laptops? Serious question.

Coffee shop and travel mostly. I also have a swivel stand in the kitchen I put my laptop on to watch my dvr (Mythbuntu) and Utube vids.

[cyber888]

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Originally Posted by Carpediem Did you install this new second drive yourself? Or did you use some type of external connection. Thanks.

Yes, i installed the 2nd drive myself. There are 2 drive slots. There is a Youtube video. So, now have 1.25 TB ssd. Costco sells this laptop for $1349. I was able to get the discount . Original was $1499.

[Jerry1]

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Originally Posted by imoldernu An old man, behind the times.... I'm not sure where I'd use a laptop. Three $100 refurbished desktops, next to recliners in three rooms. Win10, that goes as fast as I want, and no reason to move a computer from room to room. Since I'm not employed, no reason to use a computer outside the home. All synced. So, I wonder... if you are retired, where else do you use your laptops? Serious question.

I like a quiet machine. I’m not sure if there are any fanless laptops, but when I replace my desktop, I would consider a laptop with a docking station set up so I can have the best of both. I was looking at the Surface Pro (because of a thread on ER), and I’m thinking that might fit the bill. I could see taking the laptop into the kitchen or into the living room. Maybe mirror it on my TV to show some of my wife’s photo to other family members. But, these days I spend most my time on my iPad. Desktop is my workhorse for storage and hooking up external drives for backups. Also use it when I do things that resemble work, like taxes and entering data into Quicken.

[RobbieB]

For travel I take my google pixel book.

[badatmath]

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Originally Posted by imoldernu So, I wonder... if you are retired, where else do you use your laptops? Serious question.

Not retired, but besides travel, what about back yard??