{"id":630,"date":"2010-10-22T20:51:40","date_gmt":"2010-10-23T00:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/?p=630"},"modified":"2020-05-31T22:47:43","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T02:47:43","slug":"johns-new-lap-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/archives\/630","title":{"rendered":"John’s New Lap Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"

For years we have been a one laptop couple. Well I just couldn’t take it any more.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Working on the web site and blog, not to mention all the studying for the classes I teach, I need a lot of computer time. John spends a lot of time on gun forums and buying and selling guns. That also is time-on-the-computer intensive. There just aren’t enough hours in the evening for both of us to get everything done that we want to.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So off to Best Buy we went. Origonally I thought maybe a netbook (or mini laptop) would be fine for what he does with a computer. Well the mini’s were just two mini. Besides a high-end netbook costs about the same as a low end laptop and the laptop can do much more.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We went with the laptop, it is a Dell. John is happily surfing the Internet while I’m writing this blog entry….ah, marital bliss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Dell Inspiron<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For years we have been a one laptop couple. Well I just couldn’t take it any more.\u00a0 Working on the web site and blog, not to mention all the studying for the classes I teach, I need a lot of computer time. 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