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For that price range, you can get some decent full strength laptops refurbished from Sony. (I know because of the obsessive trolling I've been doing of that site before my purchase)
I can't link directly to the computers, but this should get you to the appropriate search: [link]
The best of which is probably a 13.1" screen, dual core 2.66 Ghz, 320Gb (7200rpm) hard drive, 4 gigs of RAM & a large capacity battery. Originally $1,999.99, refurb price $599.
Yeah, Gud's link is smaller. Right now there aren't under 13" screens on the Sony refurb site, but there are from time to time.
Thanks, java. But I don't shop Amazon. I'll probably go back to the TV store where I got my Samsung last weekend. They were really nice, and had great prices. They're opposite a Best Buy, so I guess they need to work hard. But same day free delivery and installation? Oh, hells yes.
But same day free delivery and installation? Oh, hells yes.
Can't beat that!
They're generally adequate for web browsing, word processing, etc. If that's all you need it for, they're fine.
It's not so much that they are so bad, it's that regular ultraportable notebooks have really come down in price.
Can't beat that!
Yeah, at that point I didn't bother going across the street to see what the big box vendor had. I knew they couldn't deliver for a week, and the TV wouldn't fit in my car.
Yeah, I've seen those and have been intrigued. But when I really need to do stuff like that, I can do it on the laptop. I forgot to say that I also have a work laptop that I use every day. I just don't pull out the home laptop as often.
java, last month I got an 11" MBA and I don't whip out that external keyboard as much as I used to either. But I do use it quite a lot when I am grading papers on the ipad.
One thing I've been happy with is my netbook with XP. XP does great in 1 Gig of Ram with a slow processor. But I grabbed it when I saw it. Even broke a personal rule and bought it at Best Buy because I had not seen an XP netbook in months let alone for $174. But I would at least look for that.,
Computer repair folks. Does anyone know of a cable check that will test:
The Paladin 1577 [link] is the closest, but it doesn't do FW800 9pin, and we really need that one. The mini USB I could do without, but not the 9pin FW.
Interestingly, Fry's sells stuff cheaper online than in its stores, but last time I asked them about it, they were very "So? What?" about it. Today when I went in for the iTouch, knowing it was $5 cheaper at Best Buy than online at Fry's, but not having considered Fry's meatspace prices, they hand me a flier saying they'll match anyone's online price.
Score. Took a bit of waiting around, but apparently it lopped $35 of the price.