A Few Questions Before I Get a New Laptop (Mostly about moving things)

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  1. whs
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    Answer to your question is NO. You can move user files, system files can usually not be moved.
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  3. Alpha Hedge
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    whs said:
    Answer to your question is NO. You can move user files, system files can usually not be moved.
    So I can't move anything in my computer besides my account?
    Specifically, I'm talking about copying program files. I assume the answer is still no?
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  4. mitchell65
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    You can move your data files but you will need to install your programs on the new machine.
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  6. Indianatone
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    Here is a search on New Egg of the model you like: Dell E6530 - Newegg.com
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  7. Alpha Hedge
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    Indianatone said:
    Here is a search on New Egg of the model you like: Dell E6530 - Newegg.com
    I actually did find an amazing laptop on newegg, but apparently there have been hundreds of complaints about newegg in the past year
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