Re: [tlug] OT: laptop in Akihabara

[Andras Kristof <andras@example.com>]

Thomas Savarimuthu wrote:

>On Tuesday March 22 2005 10:55, Andras Kristof wrote:
>  
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>I will be visiting Japan at the end of this week, and while I am
>>there I would like to pick up an ultraportable notebook in Akihabara.
>>Linux compatibility would be a definite plus.
>>    
>>
>I think, going behind the fancy japanese deal is not good idea for 
>timebeing.
>
>Dell is a best price deal, but you have to wait them to deliver it to 
>you eventhough they have a stall in most of the bic-camera buildings 
>and a Dell shop @example.com 
>
>If you want to pickup one immediately, consider any one of the 
>following.
>
>Gateway/E-machines (ultimately chinese maker)
>Acer (taiwan maker)
>So-tech (korean maker)
>Asus (new series of laptops are good)
>  
>

Thank you for your comments.
I'm afraid I am looking for something more like a Panasonic R3 or a JVC 
741, or a Sharp Muramasa. Something rather small, a sub-notebook. We 
don't have much variety of them in the States, and the speciality 
importers, like Dynamism are quite expensive.

So I thought I'd try to pick up one myself.

For that, I would like to know what place in Tokyo worth to check out. I 
am aware that notebooks can be found in many shops there. So I would 
like to narrow my focus to only go to the places with the best variety 
and preferably good prices.

If you are familiar with the Tokyo are and could recommend a store like 
that, that would be most appreciated.

Thanks

Andras