NEW LAPTOP???
I am in the process looking for a laptop and this is what I need it for: - online banking - email - video calling with the grandchildren - enough storage to save the pictures of the grandchildre...
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Handbasket wrote:
If you use Mifi or some other form of metered data access, be wary of machines with Windows 8. Even after jumping all the hoops changing PC settings, this new Gateway seems to be much more of a data-hog than my old XP machine ever was.
Other than that, Best Buy has a variety of nice Win 8 laptops for around $300-$350. This one is the NE56R48u. 15.6" screen, 320 GB drive. Not a touchscreen.
Jim, "Mo' coffee!"
In Windows 8, if you have a bunch of tiles setup as "live" then they will constantly be updating themselves so it makes sense that the box would use more data. If data usage is a concern, turn off all of the "live" tiles. You can do that by right-clicking on the tile and selecting "Turn live tile off".
