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Enjoy crystal-clear communication with this AT&T EL52303 expandable cordless phone system, which features DECT 6.0 technology for interference-free conversations. The extra-large LCD provides easy-to-read information at a glance.
 
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Excellent phone system, NO headphone jack...
on April 2, 2015
Posted by: GunnerDon
from Alabama Gulf Coast
Verified Purchase:Yes
Deducted a star for no deadset jack, but I knew that before I bought them. Love the intercom system.
GREAT, long range.
My Best Buy number: 0398041043
My Best Buy number: 0398041043
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Use your existing Internet connection to place local and long-distance calls using this MagicJack GO K1103 VoIP adapter, which includes 12 months of service and voicemail, caller ID and more to help you stay connected with family and friends.
 
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VERY easy to install. Haven't had any issues yet.
on April 2, 2015
Posted by: GunnerDon
from Alabama Gulf Coast
Verified Purchase:Yes
It was VERY easy to install. You get a chance to pick from a few different numbers, or for only $10/yr you can pick a "vanity number."
Problem is, even though it's my area code, it's still long distance for most of my connections. No big deal if they're on cell phones, but it is for anyone with a landline.
Still, VERY recommended. If you can wire its phone jack into your network interface box, you can wire your entire house for it - not just a single jack. We used a 4-station wireless setup for now.
My Best Buy number: 0398041043
My Best Buy number: 0398041043
I would recommend this to a friend!
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This release includes all 24 episodes of the brainy sitcom The Big Bang Theory, following the romantic and practical misadventures of two genius physicists, who are at the top of their fields in science, but at the bottom of the totem in playing the field. The two continually attempt to bring their social skills into par with their laboratory skills, and living across the hall from a charming blonde actress gives them plenty of motivation.
 
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Best TV Show ever
on December 27, 2014
Posted by: GunnerDon
from Alabama Gulf Coast
Verified Purchase:Yes
This is another outstanding collection of all the episodes of the seventh season of the best show on TV. Somehow, the writers have continued to make a show with such a small cast not only interesting, but still hilariously funny.
The interviews are interesting, the outtakes are awesome... There's just nothing like it.
My Best Buy number: 0398041043
My Best Buy number: 0398041043
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Canon PIXMA MX472 All-In-One Printer: You can easily complete a wide range of tasks with this all-in-one printer, which lets you print, copy, scan and fax documents and create borderless photos. If you're on the go, you can print directly from your compatible device using PPS (PIXMA Printing Solutions), Google Cloud Print or Apple® AirPrint.
 
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Outstanding value. Excellent printer.
on November 8, 2014
Posted by: GunnerDon
from Alabama Gulf Coast
Verified Purchase:Yes
This printer was incredibly easy to set up. The only draw-back I can imagine is the same problem with virtually every single printer on the market: the keyboard is NOT intended for entering wireless passwords that are complex. It's the necessity to change between number and character input and symbols input modes. Complete PITA.
That said, it has excellent output, folds up very neatly and I know from their prior products that it'll have great dependability.
My Best Buy number: 0398041043
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Toshiba Satellite C75D-B7200 Laptop: This laptop makes it easy to stay in touch with family and friends, with reliable quad-core processing and an HD webcam, so you can browse the Web, easily e-mail and access social media and enjoy clear video chatting.Learn more about the New Windows ›
 
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Awesome screen. Great Toshiba quality.
on October 4, 2014
Posted by: GunnerDon
from Alabama Gulf Coast
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This machine is VERY responsive with the quad core processor. Installed Classic shell on it, set IE to open in desktop mode all the time and now it's a Windows 7 computer with Windows 8 on it.
Too bad it wasn't touch, but at this price it's practically unbeatable.
My Best Buy number: 0398041043
My Best Buy number: 0398041043
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Lenovo LENOVO B50 TOUCH - 59422927 Touch-Screen Laptop: A quad-core Intel® Pentium® processor offers high-performance efficiency for your everyday tasks, from Internet browsing to enjoying social media and completing work assignments. An intuitive touch screen puts Windows 8 control at your fingertips.Learn more about the New Windows ›
 
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Incredible price, excellent specs, great screen.
on October 4, 2014
Posted by: GunnerDon
from Alabama Gulf Coast
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Touchscreen is practically a requirement for Windows 8 and this has it. Very responsive screen. The resolution isn't the highest, but for 15.6" it's certainly adequate.
I put Classic Shell on it and set IE to always open on the desktop and it's now a Windows 7 machine with Windows 8 on it.
Lenovo absolutely makes the best laptops there is. Always the best keyboard and best customer support.
My Best Buy number: 0398041043
My Best Buy number: 0398041043
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Asus X551MAV-RCLN06 Laptop: This lightweight laptop is ideal for home, office and student use. It is portable and offers plenty of available space to store photos, music and videos and enough RAM for multitasking.
 
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Actually a GREAT laptop for the money.
on August 30, 2014
Posted by: GunnerDon
from Alabama Gulf Coast
Verified Purchase:Yes
It's not the fastest CPU around, but with 4GB of RAM, Windows 8.1 isn't so bad.
The first thing I do with EVERY Windows 8 computer is make sure it has 8.1. Then I install Classic Shell from classicshell.net. After that, it's a Windows 7 computer that also has Windows 8 on it.
I sure wish it had touch in this price range, but at least the touchpad mimics most of the gestures.
My Best Buy number: 0398041043
My Best Buy number: 0398041043
What's great about it: Decent specs for the price. Nice quality.
What's not so great: Celeron CPU. NOT touch.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Bought on a whim because on sale. OUTSTANDING!
on May 10, 2014
Posted by: GunnerDon
from Alabama Gulf Coast
Verified Purchase:Yes
I only own 1 other album by him, but I was surprised at the variety of songs here.
Of course, the title song was good, but several others also really hit home with their feelings.
He's now one of the artists I watch for when buying CDs even if I don't know all the songs.
My Best Buy number: 0398041043
My Best Buy number: 0398041043
What's great about it: Varied types of songs
What's not so great: nothing
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Grip the wheel and feel the engine roar. Pop the clutch, shift into gear, and smell your tires smoking as you speed away on the track. Asphalt crumbles under the power of your machine as you tear through tight curves and rip up the straightaways. You close in on a rival car and swiftly maneuver around it, just nosing past as the checkered flag flies. Just when you thought the award-winning racing experience had peaked — Gran Turismo 5 raises the bar, turbo charges the gameplay and soups up your ride with more ways than ever to help you truly master the racecourse.Exclusive to the PlayStation 3, Gran Turismo 5 showcases real-life tracks, a variety of racing styles and an astonishing collection of eye-popping cars. Now, with the arrival of the XL Edition, you can throttle into new, improved and revolutionary ground, with every downloadable update through Spec 2.0. For the first time, one single disc gives you not only the complete Gran Turismo 5 experience, but also all of the features and functionality that were once only accessible online. Plus, XL sets you up with a voucher that gives you access to more than $20 worth of new cars, tracks and other bonus content. Travel the globe to test your driving skills on an abundance of real-life and fictional courses, including road, rally, city, drift and even NASCAR circuits. Compile an amazing collection of more than 1,000 of the world's most exciting machines — from powerful muscle cars and performance supercars to exotic imports. Expand your racing experience with the deep online community features, including challenging your friends in the new custom race lobby. Gran Turismo's signature cutting-edge graphics and true-to-life driving experience make this installment the most advanced Gran Turismo yet.
 
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Outstanding variety of cars, difficulties.
on April 13, 2014
Posted by: GunnerDon
from Alabama Gulf Coast
Age:45-54
Gender:Male
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I'm really enjoyiung this game. Just for starters there are a wide variety of tracks to choose from. If you're going to play through a "career" you only have 1 car choice to start with so you'll have to win a bunch to get enough money to "buy" another car.
I love the variety of tracks and even weather!
It's supposed to support the Eye Camera for viewing around the cockpit but I haven't gotten that part to work yet.
Still, it's easily a blast to run a quick race where you can run several cars not yet available in career mode.
I rented GT6 just to see if it would be worth it, and I didn't find enough different to recommend it at all.
Overall, I love this game.
My Best Buy number: 0398041043
My Best Buy number: 0398041043
What's great about it: Variety of cars and tracks.
What's not so great: VERY hard on expert settings.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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I need to upgrade cell phone, plan with T-Mobile. What is the difference in buying phone thru T-Mobile versus Best Buy?

None, really. Unless you have some special data plan. They have a tendency to just be able to "roll over" your existing plan.
9 years, 6 months ago
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   Alabama Gulf Coast
 

Is the HP ENVY 15.6 laptop -8GB Memory - 750GB Harddrive have wireless capability?

I want to use the laptop in my car while waiting for my kids. Will i be able to google the internet ?
It's the same with ANY laptop made in the last 10 years:
It's safe to say ALL laptops have "wireless" capability.
It will have to have a SIM card to use the internet on its own (in the parking lot).

Now, there ARE affordable alternatives:
1) If you have an Android phone, there's FoxFi that will turn your phone into a hotspot and you can piggyback your laptop off that. It's $7.99 if I remember correctly and while it will use your data plan, it DOESN'T require a "tethering" plan.
2) Many Verizon phones have a builtin hotspot you can turn on and do the same thing.
3) AT&T offers a "tethering plan" where you can pay extra (I think it's about $25/month) and it will have its own data plan. Again, you would piggyback your laptop off that.

VERY few laptops have the capability of installing a SIM card. Certainly most Netbooks do, as well as many Dell Latitude business-class laptops. You're stuck with screens of 14" or smaller usually, though.
Failing any of those options, I'd recommend and phablet. I LOVE my Note II.
9 years, 6 months ago
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   Alabama Gulf Coast
 

Which would be the best laptop?

I am looking for a laptop for my 11 year old son. He will mostly be using it for gaming and watching you-tube videos and surfing the web. I don't even know where to begin to compare. Please help!!
As I mentioned in another answer there ARE a few things that can help narrow down the process:
You need to know two things:
1) You need to know the screen size you want;
2) How much you're willing to spend.

Knowing those 2 things, pick out the computers you find with your screensize. Now throw out all computers not within $50 either side of your price range. Now throw out all computers by companies you don't like. Now narrow it down to the ones with the fastest CPUs. NOW narrow it down to the largest hard drives. DON'T worry about the amount of memory because it's easy and cheap to upgrade.
You should be left with just a couple of computers and from there just buy the one he likes best.
Going into a Best Buy without knowing what you want will make you leave with a headache after looking at dozens of different computers.
Realize a few things:
There won't many affordable laptops with an 11" screen that can play "real" games. The concept of "playing games" is so broad and generic it's impossible to know what will meet his needs. Minecraft has VERY low requirements, but Call of Duty has VERY HIGH requirements. Solitaire doesn't need anything special, but World of Warcraft is unusable on an 11" screen.
9 years, 6 months ago
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GunnerDon
   Alabama Gulf Coast
 

Computer for School?

I'm looking for a laptop that is designed for the student in mind. I am an undergrad heavily into researching online and writing (tons and tons of papers). I work on Microsoft (mostly word, powerpoint, etc.). I want something that is easily portable, will benefit me as I will be going into grad school soon, but also has nice entertainment features, such as gaming or movie watching. Thanks!
There are ALWAYS two things you need to know before you go shopping for a laptop:
1) how big a screen do you want;
2) how much money do you want to spend.

Once you know those 2 things, look at all laptops with your screen size and within $50 either side of your price range. I personally recommend that if you spend at least $600-700 on a laptop you'll almost ALWAYS be happy with it. So if you've decided on $650, look at all laptops in the $600-700 range and DON'T look at anything outside of it - it'll only muddy the waters.
Then, when you've found all of them meeting that criteria, you can whittle it down to: brands you don't like, brands you like MOST, fastest CPUs, etc.
DON'T forget either: RAM is VERY cheap and VERY easy to upgrade. I wouldn't let RAM come into the decision making process.
Hard drives are also upgradeable; though if you're not a tech it get expensive to swap it out. You COULD create a set of recovery disks, install the new hard drive and then use the disks to recover the system on the new drive.
It's important to remember: whatever screen you buy, you're stuck with. While you can plug in any external monitor, you can't later decide you want a bigger screen and put it on your laptop.
Also, the CPU is NOT generally cost effective to upgrade. Besides costing hundreds of dollars to purchase, they're typically labor intensive to replace and therefore expensive if you can't do it yourself.
It's also important to note: while I own a VERY high end Asus laptop, their lower end laptops (the ones especially thin and sleek) have soldered in, non-upgradable RAM and soldered in CPUs. Also, to replace the hard drive requires disassembling the entire computer, so I wouldn't consider them upgradable AT ALL.
Unless you have a LOT of money, replacing your laptop every 2 years is not an option; you're typically going ot have to use it for many years, so spend as much as you can NOW so you're not stuck with a lousy laptop in a few years.
9 years, 6 months ago
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GunnerDon
   Alabama Gulf Coast
 

LENOVO - Less Hard Disk Memory than advertised?

My HP with Win 7 has 640GB, which really means 596GB for an industrial standard. My computer's hard disks' section shows Local Disk (C:) 576GB and Recovery (D:) 19.5GB. The total comes very close to what it is supposed to be, however, my hubby's Lenovo (with Win 7) is supposed to have 500GB, which should be about 465GB, but its Local Disk (C:) is 420GB and Recovery (D:) is 25.4GB, which only add up to about 445.5GB. There were some people who have different models from Lenovo noticed this as well. Do all Lenovo laptops show about 20GB less? Is it used for the system and/or the pre-installed programs?
You'll be able to actually see ALL the space every drive is capable of by going into Drive Manager:
From any folder view, RIGHT click on "This PC" (if it's Win8.1) or "Computer" (if it's 8.0) and click on "Manage." From the list on the LEFT column, click on "Drive Manager."
From the list that comes back (it can take a while sometimes) you'll see a list of all the drives physically in the computer. This will show their native capacity (what the manufacturer claims) and the amount used along with all partitions. You'll sometimes see a "system reserved" space that's unused - but unusable. I wouldn't recommend screwing with it, but it can be forced to be used.
Also, after you've created a set of Recovery Disks (you DID create a set, right?) you can delete the Recovery Partition and if it's next to your Primary Partition, you can extend the Primary Partition to take over the space the Recovery Partition used to occupy, giving you another 20GB or so of disk space.
9 years, 6 months ago
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GunnerDon
   Alabama Gulf Coast
 
Toshiba Satellite C75D-B7200 Laptop: This laptop makes it easy to stay in touch with family and friends, with reliable quad-core processing and an HD webcam, so you can browse the Web, easily e-mail and access social media and enjoy clear video chatting.Learn more about the New Windows ›
 

What kinda of computer games

I like to play spider solitaire and I was wondering what games came on the this laptop?
You have to go into the Microsoft Store and download the "Microsoft Solitaire Collection." It's free, but you'll have to have a Microsoft Account (also free) to download it. That will come with Klondike, Spider, Freecell and all that. That's also how you get Minesweep and thousands of other free games.
9 years, 6 months ago
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   Alabama Gulf Coast
 
Toshiba Satellite C75D-B7200 Laptop: This laptop makes it easy to stay in touch with family and friends, with reliable quad-core processing and an HD webcam, so you can browse the Web, easily e-mail and access social media and enjoy clear video chatting.Learn more about the New Windows ›
 

What do I get if I want to upgrade ram?

I entered model number and it showed no products for upgraded ram. Any cross over?
It's just standard DDR3 SO-DIMM (laptop memory). You should be able to get it ANYWHERE that sells RAM. Certainly Best Buy would have it in stock.
The RAM in it is PC3-10600, I'd recommend something faster if you're buying it, and the faster RAM is usually just a few dollars more for future performance, but even 10600 will do.
9 years, 6 months ago
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   Alabama Gulf Coast
 
Asus X551MAV-RCLN06 Laptop: This lightweight laptop is ideal for home, office and student use. It is portable and offers plenty of available space to store photos, music and videos and enough RAM for multitasking.
 

Can I play this game?

Marvel Heroes.

Here's the minimum system requirements-

CPU: Core 2 DUO 2.1 GHz / AMD Athlon X2 2.1 GHZ or better
Graphics Card: DirectX10 Compatible ATI Radeon 3870 / NVIDIA 8800 GT / Intel HD 3000 Integrated Graphics with 512 MB VRAM or higher that fully supports Shader Model 3.0.
System RAM: 2Gb or higher
Hard disk space: 10Gb or higher
OS: Windows Vista 32/64, Windows 7 32/64, Windows 8 32/64

Current Recommended System Requirements for Marvel Heroes:

CPU: Quad Core Processor
Graphics Card: DirectX11 Compatible, AMD Radeon HD 6850 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 with 1024 MB VRAM
System RAM: 4Gb or higherHard disk space: 10Gb or higher
OS: Windows 7 or higher

Thanks.
I seriously doubt you'll be happy with it. You crank down all the visual settings and try it, but no laptop in this price range is going to have sufficient video power for a game like that.
9 years, 8 months ago
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GunnerDon
   Alabama Gulf Coast
 
Asus X551MAV-RCLN06 Laptop: This lightweight laptop is ideal for home, office and student use. It is portable and offers plenty of available space to store photos, music and videos and enough RAM for multitasking.
 

Why won't my laptop play my cd's?

It sounds like it is working but I see no window or any sound from my cd. Do I need to download something?
Make sure you don't have that media event muted. In Windows 7 and up, you can mute JUST system sounds, or JUST media sounds. While the sound is playing, click on the speaker icon on the desktop on the bottom right by the clock. You should see several sliders for the audio device. make sure none are muted.
9 years, 8 months ago
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GunnerDon
   Alabama Gulf Coast