[ale] Averatec

[Christopher Fowler]

The last thing I need is a Dell laptop.  I looked at emperor and if I
don't want Dell then I'm kinda screwed in terms of low price.  I wished
they sold HP.


On Tue, 2006-01-24 at 13:07, Geoffrey wrote:
> Christopher Fowler wrote:
> > On Tue, 2006-01-24 at 10:37, Geoffrey wrote:
> > 
> >>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.
> > 
> > 
> > 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.
> > 
> > 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.  
> > 
> > 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.
> 
> Checked Emperor Linux???
> 
> http://www.emperorlinux.com/systems/medium/tiger/ starts at $1215
> 
> No worries on installation, they'll do it for you.