Lynda and I picked up some Asus netbooks the other month (900H and 1000H), and really enjoy using them for quick surfing and emailing in the living room. While in Puerto Rico the other month (business trip, really, it was) she found it did a great job for her, and never had to use my laptop even once. I did not bring my Asus as I was letting a client test it out for a week in an effort to help him with a buying/investment decision. I have loaned it out to other folks for a few days at a time since returning, and most have purchased one. I find the laptop feels too heavy to use in the living room any longer, as this little Asus has done what I need in a smaller and lighter package. But with no optical drive built in (I use USB external CD/DVD R/W unit), and 1024 x 600 resolution on the LCD panel, it does have some limitations. I have used the external, 2ndary VGA port with resolutions up to 1920 x 1200. Very nice, but again, can't replace the laptop for some things, punchy as it has proven to be (Atom CPU with 1Gb RAM, XP Home & Ubuntu Linux 8.10).
Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:profoxtech- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeff Johnson > Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 10:22 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NF] Laptop Recommendations > > I started this thread because our Asus was not charging the battery and > giving the BSOD. Other than that it is a great laptop. I took the > battery out cleaned the contacts and now it is working fine. We have > had it for over two years and it is a great laptop. > > I have had Toshiba, Canon, a small Sony Vio (great laptop!), two large > Vio's that were good but ran hot, Asus, and HP Pavilion. I think the > small Vio was my favorite and I am very happy with my HP and Asus. > > Jeff > > Jeff Johnson > [email protected] > SanDC, Inc. > 623-582-0323 > Fax 623-869-0675 > > > > Grigore Dolghin wrote: > > I am using a DELL XPS 1730. I had a car crash last november, flipping > > twice with the car and ending in the trench, at 130hm/h (about 80 > > miles/h). The thing was on the back seat and managed to get out of > the > > car through the back window and was later recovered from the highway > > (I was unaware I don't have it anymore - one of the policemen found > it > > and brought it to me). Guess what. The display was a little bit > > cracked and I used it in that very day for hours, giving a > > presentation, then used it daily until I've replaced the display. It > > had no other problems. > > > > I guess it's a matter of personal experience. I had a DELL Latitude - > > no problems whatsoever, now DELL XPS - no problems whatsoever, so I > > guess DELL works for me. > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
