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| DATE | 2009-04-22 |
| FROM | Amy Coleman
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Need advice on what type of laptop to get
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From lest-hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com Wed Apr 22 01:03:11 2009 Received: from www2.mrbrklyn.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id n3M53818024404 for ; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:03:10 -0400 Received: (from majordomo-at-localhost) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id n3M538P3024403 for hangout-outgoings; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:03:08 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: www2.mrbrklyn.com: majordomo set sender to lest-hangout-at-nylxs.com using -f Received: from www2.mrbrklyn.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id n3M536b7024400 for ; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:03:08 -0400 Received: from localhost (acoleman-at-localhost) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) with ESMTP id n3M535F0024397 for ; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:03:05 -0400 Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:03:05 -0400 (EDT) From: Amy Coleman To: hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com Subject: Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Need advice on what type of laptop to get In-Reply-To: <6defe8840904211541m7f800a6bj68613cb6f3df37e9-at-mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <15465611.4539141239980282936.JavaMail.ADWORKSHOP4$-at-ADWORKSHOP4> <8753839c0904190907q4b0088d0v464bbf9f1712786e-at-mail.gmail.com> <49EBE5C5.9080507-at-mycouponmagic.com> <6defe8840904211541m7f800a6bj68613cb6f3df37e9-at-mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: lest-hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com Precedence: bulk Reply-To: hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com
Hi Denver
Thank you for your wonderful suggestions! I'lll certainly look into those and go from there.
Amy
On Tue, 21 Apr 2009, Denver Gingerich wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 8:40 PM, Amy Coleman wrote: > > Good afternoon everyone! > > > > I need advice. My laptop is from December 2006. And well, its beginning to > > type backwards when I type. So I'm in search of a new toy. My lappie > > lasted me quite a few years but I need to be out of the old and in with > > the new. Too many memories on this one and want to close that chapter. So, > > tell me what laptops are good. I want a small one. Suggestions?? > > Here are some from Newegg.com, where you mentioned you were looking: > > Aspire One (blue, 2 lbs) with 8.9" screen, 512 MB RAM, 8 GB disk - $300 > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834115530 > > Aspire One (white, 2 lbs) with 8.9" screen, 512 MB RAM, 8 GB disk - $300 > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834115489R > > Eee PC (white, 3 lbs) with 10.0" screen, 1 GB RAM, 40 (60?) GB disk - $400 > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220368 > > > There are also some good ones from Dell (I recommend those running Ubuntu): > > Mini 9 (white, 2.3 lbs) with 8.9" screen, 1 GB RAM, 4 GB disk - $279 > http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/laptop-inspiron-9?c=us > > Mini 12 (white, 2.7 lbs) with 12.1" screen, 1 GB RAM, 40 GB disk - $399 > http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/laptop-inspiron-12?c=us > > > You said you were looking for a small laptop so those are the > suggestions I gave. All of these are 3 pounds or less, compared with > 5-8 pounds for a large laptop. I would take my 3 pound laptop with me > over my 8 pound laptop any day; it's so much lighter. > > My recommendations are all for laptops running a distribution of Linux > (either Ubuntu or another one). These tend to be less expensive and > more customizable than Windows. These will do web browsing, e-mail, > word processing, and virtually any other task you would normally do in > Windows. However, if there are specific Windows applications that you > rely on, they might not be right for you. Let me know if you're > concerned about that. > > If you have any questions about my suggestions, I'd be happy to answer them. > > Denver > http://ossguy.com/ >
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