Laptops

[murraymints]

Excuse my complete ignorance in such matters but ...despite my love for my wee kindle..I keep a pc for office and printing off..letters etc....if I replace pc with laptop can I still install and use my existing printer which is only a few months old....could do with de cluttering that corner of bed room..pc tower..screen..keyboard takes up so much space...

[hc4361]

Yes, indeed, no problem at all.

[Old_Geezer]

I'd expect you to be able to install the same things on the laptop as on your desktop. But being forced to use a laptop at work now, I'd never consider one for home. Well not without plugging in a proper keyboard with no daft mousepad thingy to drive one nuts whilst trying to type, and a decent sized monitor or two.

[murraymints]

So it would just be a matter of keeping printer plugged in and hooking up to laptop when needed ?

[murraymints]

The keyboard on the one I'm looking at seems fine

[Old_Geezer]

Pretty much.

[bhg481]

Be careful - if your printer is old and your desktop is using an operating system other than Windows 8, you may find that there are no drivers available for your printer. I tried to migrate a 10-year old laserjet from XP to Vista and ended up buying a new printer.

[murraymints]

printer is less than 12 months old bhg and i would be going to windows 8..currently xp on pc

[murraymints]

would you also keep full size monitor to plug in from time to time ? ..never been a lappie person so would appreciate your reccommendations..

[hc4361]

Yes to the monitor, too, on most laptops.
Let us know which one you are thinking of buying.

[murraymints]

Acer core i7 6 GB memory. 500 GB hard drive

[DrFilth]

murraymints have you tried windows 8 the people who i speak with will not use it and have had to reload windows 7 or even buy a second hand computer with windows 7 on

[murraymints]

No I haven't...xp professional for ages....

[DrFilth]

please have a try first as tranny bought a top spec lappy and after a week and a half gave it to his bird as a present

also know a person who has a computer business and he has been busy going round and reloading windows 7 on windows 8 machines

[hc4361]

I've been using Windows 8 for 12 months and love it. No problems at all and Windows 8.1 is even better.

Is it the EICi7?

[murraymints]

Yes it is Acer e1 series

[murraymints]

I would be putting office on as its office I keep pc for as I do lots of letter writing for myself and family...

[hc4361]

Yes, that machine will do everything you want. It is £500 at Argos, by the way - much cheaper than any where else.

This letter writing you do - do you print them off or email them? Do you use Office for anything else?
I am only asking because Office is a hugely complex and expensive piece of software and is not necessary for simple letter writing.

[murraymints]

I do lots of spreadsheets too....occasionally PowerPoint...

[hc4361]

:)