OK You people who know..... computer help please...

[Dysfunctional Cunt]

I am going out to buy a new laptop.  I really want one that I can use something like boingo or some such for the open wireless as I am surrounded by coffee shops, libraries and so on and don't necessarily need an actual service if I understand correctly.

So, tell me what it is I'm asking for so I don't look any more stupid than I have too! 

Thanks in advance!!!

[Requia ☣]

Wifi

'wireless' will trigger a lot of salestypes to try and sell you a cell network contract.  I don't think they sell notebooks without wifi anymore.

[Elder Iptuous]

Seriously.
hell, i think the toothbrush i bought yesterday has wifi...

[Cain]

My cat has wifi.  Or did, until we had to pin his ears back to stop them from getting sunburnt all the time.  Signal was never quite as good after that.

[Remington]

Any laptop has WiFi. Figure out what you want beforehand, make a list of system specs, and stick to that list. Do never buy the extended warranty, no matter how hard the salesman beg/plead/cry.

Edit: Better yet, get a techie friend to come with you. Bribe him with food.

[Elder Iptuous]

yeah. techies are usually suckers for free pizzas.
it's conditioned into us from engineering school.
and we have a pavlovian response to set up the hardware/software while eating it, so you'd get some bonus use...

[Dysfunctional Cunt]

So which one of y'all is gonna come to St. Louis and be my techie friend?

Food and alcohol provided 

[Elder Iptuous]

there was a mass geek exile in MO?
you seriously don't know any techies there?

[Dysfunctional Cunt]

there was a mass geek exile in MO?
you seriously don't know any techies there?

More like I really don't have friends here..... 

[Elder Iptuous]

St. Louis, Misery