Well in that case, I would say buy a desktop. He'll get way more out of the machine, it would be significantly more upgradable, and it drops his chances of getting rolled for his netbook down to 0. Without a hardware budget, practicality and safety of one's hardware become way more important than it's "coolness", and "portability".
-E -----Original Message----- From: James Kaplan <[email protected]> To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, Dec 28, 2009 7:31 pm Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] netbook + WoW Indeed. The goal is cheap and possibly disposable..remember we're talking about a 14 year old with no hardware budget to call his own. [email protected] wrote: > How about forgo the hardware limitations and buy a laptop? For the > same > amount of money you'll shell-out for a "netbook" capable of > rendering WoW, > you'd be able to buy a laptop far superior in specs > (bigger hd, more ram, > better video capabilities, more viewable space, > and an optical drive). Now > if we were talking about a $200 "netbook" > capable of playing WoW worth a > damn, I would say go for it. > Unfortunately, I have only this to say about > "netbooks"... the > technology isn't there yet. > > -E >
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