[ale] Notebook Recommendations?

[Jay Finch]

Well, I just got this E-mail in from Dell:

One
Day  Only!? Vostro 1400 Notebook
with:

    Intel?  Core?„? 2 Duo T5470 (1.6GHz, 2MB
L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB)  
    Genuine Windows Vista?„? Home
Basic   
    2GB  Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz, 2
DIMM  
    80G  5400RPM SATA Hard Drive  
    8X  CD/DVD Burner w/ double-layer1 DVD+R write 
capability  
    1 Year  Limited Hardware Warranty2 with Mail-in
Service!?  


Doesn't sound like a bad machine, and Dell should be able to put
Ubuntu on it right our of the box, I believe. :)? (Maybe save some
extra money on it)

Here's the a link through my site that I
created to the deal:
http://www.egazing.com/shop/Dell_SB/Dell-Vostro-1400.php

(OT: I
run an affiliate marketing website at http://www.egazing.com - much like
Smartdeals, and those guys - But for more than electronics.)

Hope that helps!
Jay

> I've got an Acer.  Not a bad
system.
> 
> Pros:
> 
> * Good price
> * Looks better than any dell I've seen
> * Good specs for
the price
> * Feels nice and solid, unlike most dells or
compaqs
> 
> Cons:
> 
> * Runs kinda hot
(maybe its a core duo thing)
> * Keyboard kinda sucks
> *
Touch pad kinda sucks
> 
> M
> On 7/15/07, James
P. Kinney III <jkinney at localnetsolutions.com> wrote:
>> I
picked up an Acer dual core Turion a few months back for ~ $600. The
>> next iteration is out for the same price but only single core
thanks to
>> the system now having Vista home basic.
>>
<gag><choke><Spit>walmart</retch></retch></vileness>
>>
>> On Sun, 2007-07-15 at 21:36 -0400, David
Tomaschik wrote:
>> > I'm currently looking for a new
notebook computer, but as a college
>> > student, I'm trying
to keep costs down.  I'm probably going to
>> dual-boot
>> > it for a few Windows apps, but it'll mostly run Ubuntu. 
My current
>> > notebook is a 9.5 lb behemoth, and at times,
it and a few books in my
>> > Targus backpack can kill my
back, so I'm looking for something a
>> little
>>
> lighter.  Basically I'm looking to find the price/power/weight
>> > sweetspot.  Anyone have any recommendations on
brands/models?  I'd
>> like
>> > to stick to
around $1000, if possible.  I'd actually been looking at
>>
an
>> > Apple which could tri-boot with bootcamp, but that
has a large "brand
>> > name tax" with it.
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance,
>> >
David
>> >
_______________________________________________
>> > Ale
mailing list
>> > Ale at ale.org
>> >
http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
>> >
>>
--
>> James P. Kinney III
>> CEO & Director of
Engineering
>> Local Net Solutions,LLC
>>
770-493-8244
>> http://www.localnetsolutions.com
>>
>> GPG ID: 829C6CA7 James P. Kinney III (M.S.
Physics)
>> <jkinney at localnetsolutions.com>
>>
Fingerprint = 3C9E 6366 54FC A3FE BA4D 0659 6190 ADC3 829C 6CA7
>>
>>
_______________________________________________
>> Ale mailing
list
>> Ale at ale.org
>>
http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
>>
>>
> 
> 
> --
> Don't be a pioneeer.  A pioneer
is the guy with the arrow through his
> chest.  -- John J.
Rakos
> _______________________________________________
>
Ale mailing list
> Ale at ale.org
>
http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...