<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div><div><div>On May 23, 2009, at 12:40 PM, Pat Regan wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font>Every time I buy a new laptop for myself I dig pretty hard for a deal.<br>Dell is just about the only vendor that will give you a pretty good deal<br>AND let you customize your laptop.<br></div></blockquote></div><br><div><br></div><div>You know, I was hanging around the MicroCenter last night, googling on my iPhone and looking at netbooks to convert to an Ubuntu/perl funbox for basic hacking and carting around when I didn't want to lug the Macbook Pro around.</div><div><br></div><div>I must say, those various netbooks are the shizz. If you're not looking for what my MBP is (a desktop replacement) and are just wanting something to browse/mail/code with, then I can't see why anyone would buy anything but a netbook in pc-land anymore. (I've been in MacLand since '04 and am hopefully waiting for my Apple tablet for mobility). </div><div><br></div><div>Those Acers and MSI boxes seem to be just fine for anything Linuxy I want to do, and the compatibility charts online for Ubuntu are outstanding... Just look them up and choose the appropriate model, and you're done... all for under 400 bucks (and usually closer to 350!)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Non-sequitur, but related to the topic at hand...</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>--j</div><div><br></div></body></html>