[AT] OT - Laptop reccomendations

Larry D. Goss rlgoss at evansville.net
Sun Jun 25 22:21:29 PDT 2006


I have some Iomega storage media so I get their ads on email all the
time.  IMHO there are other manufacturers who give you much more bang
for the buck.

Larry

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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Len Rugen
Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 5:38 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] OT - Laptop reccomendations

I just bought an Acer via Tiger Direct for $499, after the !@)(% $50
rebate, for my wife.  It's light, has a wide 15.4" screen, DVD player,
wireless and AMD Sempron (sp?) 3100 processor.  It's downside is limited
battery life, about 1 hour.  I think I could get a better battery for
$50, but she would still have to plug it in sometime anyway.  
 
I got a Dell for one of the sons last year and I have a dell at work.
My work dell has 1000's of "miles" and shows it, but still works.  It
does have a rub on the screen from the keytops, if I get another one,
I'll cut a piece of heavy felt to keep between the keys and screen. 
 
For picture reteneion, I'd burn at least 2 copies to CD or DVD and keep
them in seperate places, in addition to the laptop.  I think this one
had a 60 or 80G hard drive, will that be enough?  If not, look at
something like a Iomega network drive for your wireless network.  I use
one for backup.  
 
Len Rugen


 
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Direct for $499, after the <A
href="mailto:!@)(%">!@)(%</A> $50 rebate, for my wife.  It's
light, has a wide 15.4" screen, DVD player, wireless and
AMD Sempron (sp?) 3100 processor.  It's downside is limited battery
life, about 1 hour.  I think I could get a better battery for
$50, but she would still have to plug it in sometime anyway. 
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<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I got a Dell for one of the sons last year and I have a dell
at work.  My work dell has 1000's of "miles" and shows
it, but still works.  It does have a rub on the screen from
the keytops, if I get another one, I'll cut a piece of heavy felt
to keep between the keys and screen. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>For picture reteneion, I'd burn at least 2 copies to CD or DVD and
keep them in seperate places, in addition to the laptop.  I think
this one had a 60 or 80G hard drive, will that be enough?  If not,
look at something like a Iomega network drive for your wireless
network.  I use one for backup.  <BR> </DIV>Len
Rugen<BR><BR>
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