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jasno999 · Rated NC-17

Ok first let me tell you what I want to do with with this computer and my reasons for getting it.

My old hodgepodge desktop is just old and beaten up. Still running but slower and not as well as it has in the past. I wanted to get a new one but thought hey maybe a laptop might be more useful for my needs

What I would use it to do:

- I would definitely be using I-Tunes and my I-pod on this laptop/notebook - I have a nice sized library so I would be downloading/playing/storing songs and video files.
- I would also do a little converting to get some of my personal video files into a format compatible wit the IPOD.
- I also do some small changes/touch-ups to photos. I would also like to keep an all my photos on this computer. I don't get into serious editing but would like to have the opportunity to do a little more than red-eye reduction in the future.
- I would also use the laptop to surf the internet and download programs, information or whatever - Lots of surfing and I want to do it via a wireless connection

I was looking at Dell cause I get a nice rebate but I also saw Gateway had some nice computers. The two I was looking at were the Dell E1505 & Gateway CX200. I don't know anything about tablet PCs and how they work or how easy/difficult they are to use. The whole concept of the tablet PC on the Gateway CX200 just seems really interesting to me. But since I would be doing a lot of web surfing I would need the tablet mode to be easy to use for internet surfing.

Tell me what you think about these two computers? Also tell me what you would suggest. Even tell me about other laptops out there that I should look at.

(What I did notice was that I could get a mid-level Dell E1505 and a bottom of the line Dell desktop for the same price as a mid-level Gateway CX200.