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Ask HN: Would these laptops sell?

1 pointsby nafover 11 years ago
I&#x27;ve owned a laptop repair shop for 6 years now and my customers always keep asking me the same two questions:<p>1) What kind of laptop do you recommend? I only need it for reading my e-mails, browsing some websites and saving my photos.<p>2) Can you make my laptop faster?<p>I am wondering if I could sell laptops that come with a clean copy of Windows? This way they don&#x27;t contain any bloatware, which makes them faster. To avoid confusing when choosing a laptop (hence the recommendation part), I would offer my customers 3 versions of them.<p>Basic version (cheap): - E-mail - Browsing - Photos and videos - Word processing<p>Advanced version (expensive): - All the above - Discrete graphics (Gaming, video editing, image editing, ...) - Bigger screen - Faster processor - ...<p>Traveler version: - Light-weight - Long-lasting battery - ...<p>Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated.

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johnmurchover 11 years ago
I totally see what you are trying to do and think you are kind of right. Considering I have multiple win XP machines that I am still using today says alot.<p>On the other hand, hardware is cheap and think ChromeBooks (<a href="https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/devices/chromebooks.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;intl&#x2F;en&#x2F;chrome&#x2F;devices&#x2F;chromebooks.ht...</a>) will solve this need<p>I would recommend giving it a try by showcasing 1 and saying it and if you sell one - tell them to come back tomorrow to pick it up and spend the evening making it work.