Asus has always given me a good run
cheers Chris T
On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 12:55 +1200, stringer wrote:
> Hi guys 'n gals,
>
> I've got a little money spare at the moment so am looking at a cheap laptop.
>
> Is there anything I should steer clear of?
>
> Mostly I do word processing and a little spreadsheeting (Open Office will
> do) as well as email and browsing.
>
> I'm not sure whether to go wholly linux, or keep the Vista licence for
> sundrys (like the multifuncion in the office which might not work under
> linux). Can one still get a refund on an unused MS licence?
>
> Dick SMith advertised an Acer Aspire AS5315 for $798 less $149 cashback,
> but none left at Riccarton yesterday (Celeron processor, 512 MB ram, 80 Gig
> HDD, 15.4" display, DVD multi drive Visto Home licence)
> The guy tried to sell me the next model up for $1099 less $99 which had 1
> gig ram, twice the hard drive and a dual core processor.
> They also had an Asus Z99LE at $999. Dual core 1 gig etc etc
>
> Dell have an Inspiron 1525 for $999 Dual core, 1 gig etc etc
>
> I don't need it for gaming or watching videos (though that would be nice :-|)
>
> Perhaps a reasonable spec second hand one might be better value, but I'm
> just unsure of ex lease laptops (battery life?? and limited guarantees cf
> desktops which I can fix myself)
>
> Thoughts anyone?
> D J H STRINGER
> Barrister
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