Re: [tlug] Where to buy a laptop

[Lewske Wada <ryu@example.com>]

Dave M G wrote :
> The Acer ones are okay. The thing about the wide screen format is that 
> it's acceptable if the form factor of the laptop overall is sized to 
> match. It's really only offensive to me when the size of the laptop 
> could accommodate a bigger screen, but instead there is more frame.
>
> Right now I'm thinking of something like this:
>   

http://kakaku.com/used/pc/ca=0020/shop/10300/pUN933511/
> It's basically the same as what I have now, but a smidgen better - dual 
> core CPU instead of my single core, and 1 GB RAM over 512MB.
>   

So 80GB and 1.2GHz are the specs you want and that seems to be
a netbook of some kind.  It's true Acer is one of such Taiwanese
makers but Asus has better technology in battery and reliability
because their laptop has longer life for the speed of transfer and
operation and several types are those packaged originally from
Taiwan which come with a kind of Linux.  Of course you can
install Ubuntu later though.

Cheers,
Ryu