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Old 11-08-2011, 09:44 AM  
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Laptops ideas for a 10 year old
Hola,

Question for you guys... my son turns 10 next month and we're getting him a laptop. I was curious to find out if any of you had any advice on the types of laptops to consider or avoid.

Also, what is the best way to lock it down where he just can't stumble onto bad sites, while providing me the ability to view reports - possibly from my pc.

I don't want to get all crazy with the 'big brother monitoring', but he's 10... there are a lot of places I'd like to keep him from landing.

Thanks,
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Old 11-08-2011, 02:37 PM   #31
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Old 11-08-2011, 05:27 PM   #32
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Dell notebooks have had a single user accessible panel for accessing the memory slots for close to 10 years now. Generally it only takes 1-3 screws to remove the panel and install new RAM. I've been working on Dell laptops for almost 15 years, and I've never encountered one that required taking the whole thing apart or anything even close to that.

Dell has some pretty good small profile notebook solutions right now. And I can assure you that every one of them offers easy access for RAM upgrades.
Agreed on this.

The most I ever had to do was pull up a keyboard maybe?
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Old 11-08-2011, 05:36 PM   #33
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Hola,

Question for you guys... my son turns 10 next month and we're getting him a laptop. I was curious to find out if any of you had any advice on the types of laptops to consider or avoid.

Also, what is the best way to lock it down where he just can't stumble onto bad sites, while providing me the ability to view reports - possibly from my pc.

I don't want to get all crazy with the 'big brother monitoring', but he's 10... there are a lot of places I'd like to keep him from landing.

Thanks,
MHM
We got our 8 and 10 year olds laptops this year.

Just basic HP laptops. Something like $350 each from Best Buy.
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Old 11-08-2011, 05:52 PM   #34
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Dell notebooks have had a single user accessible panel for accessing the memory slots for close to 10 years now. Generally it only takes 1-3 screws to remove the panel and install new RAM. I've been working on Dell laptops for almost 15 years, and I've never encountered one that required taking the whole thing apart or anything even close to that.

Dell has some pretty good small profile notebook solutions right now. And I can assure you that every one of them offers easy access for RAM upgrades.
Sorry, I mistyped. I meant to say netbook. His netbook is the A10 I think (could be wrong, be awhile since I have messed around with it). Never done any ram on a Dell laptop, but will take your word for it. Most laptops nowdays have easy access to Ram from the bottom, which is partly why I was so surprised it was going to be such a pain to upgrade the memory on the netbook.
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Old 11-08-2011, 06:05 PM   #35
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Oh, and as a sidenote, was not meaning to pick on Dell. My Mom has a Dell laptop, and my Dad's desktop is a Dell, they bought both of those along with the netbook in the last year.
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Old 11-09-2011, 12:02 AM   #36
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Old 11-09-2011, 05:01 AM   #37
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Get him a subscription to brazzers.
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Old 11-09-2011, 05:51 AM   #38
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Yeah - you're a prime example as to why kids needs NetNanny...
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Old 11-09-2011, 06:45 AM   #39
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If a 10 year old gets an ipad before me i must really suck.

I still get pissed when i see a child texting.
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Old 11-09-2011, 07:04 AM   #40
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Yeah - you're a prime example as to why kids needs NetNanny...
Kids are gonna find porn so you might as well give it to them.
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Old 11-09-2011, 07:48 AM   #41
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Still a terrible idea.
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Old 11-09-2011, 07:57 AM   #42
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Old 11-09-2011, 08:13 AM   #43
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Can you have MS Office on a netbook? My kid is in 8th grade but it seems every computer project he's had for school for the past 4 years has required Word or PowerPoint.
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Old 11-09-2011, 09:34 AM   #44
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Can you have MS Office on a netbook? My kid is in 8th grade but it seems every computer project he's had for school for the past 4 years has required Word or PowerPoint.
Yes.

Netbooks are fully capable computers, they just come in a much smaller package. They run the exact same OS and software that their larger counterparts do.

The important thing to realize with netbooks though, is that they almost never have an optical drive, so any software you want to install must be downloaded directly to the netbook, or you must use a USB flash drive or external drive to install.
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Old 11-09-2011, 01:03 PM   #45
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You twisted ****. I laughed.
Seriously though, it is an absolute jungle out there. Some form of filter on the computer and smart phones for kids is key to being able to parent your kids in the digital world.
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