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Dale F. Victor Astoria I used to live in Portland and joined back then. On Friday 22 January 2010 12:39:04 pm frank hunt wrote: > please excuse the lower case - i am temporarily without the use of my > right hand :( > > thanks to all who responded . . . > > some clarifications: > > lots of memory means 2gb for a 32 bit os - 4gb for 64 bit > don't particularly "need" blu-ray but many of today's drives include it > not doing cfd or other big math but do want good performance > 1600 x 900 graphics is cool - i have a 56" dlp tv so watching vids on > computer = nop > hdd size - more = better > > m0gely wrote: > > frank hunt wrote: > >> i know this question periodically shows up - but usually it is not when > >> i am looking for a laptop so i don't pay much attention. > >> > >> anyways - need a general purpose laptop with the usual stuff on it - > >> lots memory, cd/dvd/blu-ray, wireless, 500gb +/- hdd, etc. looking for > >> recommendations. i'll probably put ubuntu on it unless there is a > >> better option. also don't want to break the bank so<$700. ideas? > >> comments? gotchas? > > > > What does "lots of memory" mean? You're being cheap if you want all that > > for $700. I know you can go out and buy it, but the hardware is crap and > > it's going to break. Here's what you're going to get that you didn't ask > > for for that price. A horrible screen, and a weak processor. Why do you > > want a BluRay drive if the screen doesn't have the pixels? Also, while > > you could, I doubt the machine will have virtualization available in the > > BIOS. > > > > dell.com/ubuntu is a good place to start. Or newegg where you can dial > > in the requirements and it presents you with a list which you could use > > to shop locally if you want. > > > > I would save for a couple months more. The Dell Latitudes are great > > machines. You could try the Dell Outlet. I got my E6500 there and saved > > $700. 3 year warranty is standard too. You're going to have to come down > > a bit on the hard drive and BD drive to get the price you're wanting > > though. > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
