[ale] Averatec

[Jeff Hubbs]

"starts at $1215"

Gasp, sputter, choke.



Geoffrey wrote:

>Christopher Fowler wrote:
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>>On Tue, 2006-01-24 at 10:37, Geoffrey wrote:
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>>>Wow, a sempron 3000+, I'll bet you can cook eggs on the cover when it's 
>>>on but closed. :)  I'll bet the thing is noisy for a laptop.  Has to 
>>>have some substantial cooling.
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>>When doing a search on the Internet on this unit one of the complaints
>>was heat.  Also another one was turn around on repairs.  Unfortunately
>>if I need my laptop fixed I need it fast so I should just stick to name
>>brands like HP.
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>>Fry's had a small toshiba that was a notebook but much smaller.  Maybe a
>>7" screen.  I liked it but it was $2100.  Amazing price for something so
>>small.  It was a pad so you could use a stylus to write on the screen.  
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>>I'm thinking maybe a DV6000 HP that has a 15.4" screen.  Whatever I buy
>>will have Windows immediately erased and replaced by FC4.
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>Checked Emperor Linux???
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>http://www.emperorlinux.com/systems/medium/tiger/ starts at $1215
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>No worries on installation, they'll do it for you.
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