[tlug] Perfect laptop (Was: Almost perfect laptop)

[Dave M G <dave@example.com>]

TLUG,

Good old Akihabara.

Managed to get a Panasonic Let's Note CF-Y2 for the same price I would 
have paid for the Cloudbook that I referenced earlier.

The awesome part was that it was originally about 12,000 yen more, but 
then I found out that if they removed XP, they would knock down the 
price. So I got a decent deal, plus the warm fuzzy feeling of not 
throwing any money to Microsoft.

It's light as a feather, has a DVD drive, SD card reader, and, 
critically, a nice screen capable of 1024x768.

One thing the Cloudbook had that this one doesn't is the built in 
webcam. Meh. Webcam schmebcam.

It's got a battery that's charging now. Looks like I might have about 2 
hours worth of operational time. That's a lot less than the promised 5 
hours with the Cloudbook, but since the power cord is tiny and light, 
I'm not so bothered.

Ubuntu installed in no time. Can't say for sure yet if everything is 
working smoothly, like the built in wireless and all, but it looks 
promising.

But in any case the ultimate goal of portable yet comfortable word 
processing has been achieved.

Thanks to all TLUG members for offering advice and tips.

--
Dave M G
http://www.tlug.jp/wiki/User:Dave_M_G