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HI,
Any Advice very welcome. We will be going on our first trip to France in our van on sunday,and i was considering buying a laptop to take with us.We are not really computer minded and wondered if some of the more knowledgeable of you could.
1...recommend a laptop to buy.
2..Explain in simple terms how to use it abroad.
yes, get a cheapo, get it set up at home, then you can get signed on easily at hot-spots. I took my laptop on a recent cruise to norway, and you could spot where the free wi-fi places were. In Stavanger there was a spot at & around Burger King - there were loead of staff from the 2 cruise ships in town, plus passengers all getting up tp date on their computers . Just make sure you don't do any "secure" things like bank transactions at wi-fi spots.
bt we're off on Sunday as well - 10:00 seafrance amd heading south, not sure where
______________________________________________________________ Still sat here in front of the computer - it may be in the office, or on the laptop if I manage to get away from the office.
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Well excuse me if I am wrong, but you seem to have little knowledge of computers - as such I would endorse the above posters suggestion. Buy the cheapest, even this will more than capable if you have limited experience.
In a year or two when have become quite the whizz on a computer then go treat yourself to a sparkly one. If you buy expensive now by the time you are really ready to push its limits it will be incredibly out of date.
Theres a tonne of laptops in the £300-350 range that would suit you fine for basic web surfing, email, viewing digital pics etc
If the only reason you are buying it is for internet use, then a "netbook" will be cheapest and do what you need. Try and get one that has WiFi wireless-N as this will allow you to connect to McDonalds etc without having to go inside a buy a burger
Don't be suckered into buying a contract with a netbook. They are always bad value even when the machine is "free".
If you want to use it for other things, especially playing DVDs or photo work, then that is a different story...
Patrick
"Dongles" are fine for low useage (text emails and general web surfing)
But get very expensive for high bandwith useage especially abroad.
THREE (3) have a deal atm which is quite good - BUT all of the dongle packages get very expensive when used abroad - I use one a couple of times a year whilst away on foreign holidays. You will pay a daily connection charge and a per MB charge too (assuming you can get a signal that is)
If you connect via WiFi then that is basically free as you are using the person you connect to (McDonalds etc) bandwith
I would definately not go the dongle route
(edit - oh and dongles come on contract - mine costs me £15 per month wether I use it or not)
Hi
Has anyone any experience of using a broadband dongle in Portugal?
We are prepared to buy one there as we will be staying for three months but don’t know who or where to buy from.
We have a BT dongle and, in theory, can connect to FON outlet but I don’t think that will be all that successful.
Last year we found lots of free WIFI but as we do online banking we would prefer a more secure and convenient connection.
I have searched the site for broadband in Portugal but with no success.
Thanks
Gary
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all getting up tp date on their computers 
. Just make sure you don't do any "secure" things like bank transactions at wi-fi spots.
