[ubuntu-uk] please, help me buy a laptop.

[Kris Douglas]

On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 10:13 PM, James Grabham <jgrabham at googlemail.com> wrote:
> So, is the general consensus, get a Vostro 1000, and live with having to lug
> a 15.4 inch thing around every day, granted, if the battery on the acers is
> terrible, it would be pointles lugging anything around.  It's getting more
> and more complicated :)
>
> On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 10:07 PM, Kris Douglas <webbox.uk at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 10:04 PM, Colin McCarthy <binarysignal at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 9:57 PM, James Grabham <jgrabham at googlemail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I'm quite interested in an acer Extensa 4220-101G08Mi (Catchy name)
>> >
>> > We have a lot of Acer laptops at work and they are terrible. Also Acer
>> > customer service is the worst on earth.  I would not wish an Acer
>> > product on my worst enemy.
>> >
>> > Just my opinion.  If you are on a budget, I would go with Dell.
>> >
>>
>> Indeed, Acer are some nasty machines, the batteries are _horrific_...
>> They are uncomparable to Dell.
>>
>>
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I have a 15.4, I have had a few 15.4's- an Inspiron 6400, XPS M1530...
They arent that bad... you can get them in a fairly small case


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