[Hidden-tech] $400 "notebooks"?

[Joseph Steig]

sorry to be such a shill for Lenovo but their Thinkpad X100e is much more
than a netbook and can be had for less than $600 with shipping and 4gB of
RAM running Windows7 (and currently there's a great deal for $620 for their
highest end model). It's a great, robust "real" machine with a real keyboard
vs the netbooks that I've used that are almost unusable for my large hands

but if you're a Mac user, you should seriously look into an iPad

On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 7:37 AM, Don Lesser <dlesser at ptraining.com> wrote:

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>  I am liking Windows 7 a lot. The inability to access some folders is
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> *From:* hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net [mailto:
> hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net] *On Behalf Of *Maria Korolov
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> *Sent:* Monday, June 28, 2010 11:58 AM
> *To:* Cynthia Roderick
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> *Subject:* Re: [Hidden-tech] $400 "notebooks"?
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> Cynthia --
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> I've bought a couple of $400 laptops from Walmart. I originally bought them
> because my house is full of kids, and I don't want to have a $1000 computer
> at risk in the  living room - and while I'm traveling.
>
> But I've discovered that today's $400 computer is several times better than
> a $1000 computer from a couple of years ago. The processors are fast, the
> hard drives are big, the WiFi is built-in, and the screens are nice and
> sharp.
>
> Maybe you don't want a $400 laptop if you're running the most high-end of
> the high-end games, or editing video. But for email, wordpressing and almost
> anything else they are more than enough.
>
> The only problem I had with them is that last year they came with Windows
> Vista and, this year, with Windows 7. If you're willing to live with that,
> you're all set. I found Vista to be horrible enough that I actually
> installed Linux instead (Ubuntu), but that came with its own problems. (I
> don't want to have to type a password every time I turn it on! I'm just
> using it to watch movies! Arrgh!)
>
> Windows 7 is also causing me some problems -- not all my software is
> compatible, and sometimes I'm forbidden from accessing some of my folders
> (like my Programs or Documents) for some arcane security reason. But I'm
> living with it.
>
> The $400 laptops also aren't the lightest in the store -- get a netbook for
> that -- but, again, still lighter than a more expensive model from a couple
> of years back.
>
> Overall, I'm very happy. I can watch movies (while more load in the
> background), surf the web, write, edit photos, access all my online apps --
> everything I need. They're both fast, and both reliable. Not a single glitch
> with either one (other than the Windows-related hassles).
>
> The one I bought last year was an Acer (the cheapest in the store) and the
> one this year a Toshiba (again, the cheapest in the store). Both live quite
> happily in the living room among the kids and pets.
>
> - Maria
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>  On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Cynthia Roderick <cynthrod at verizon.net>
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>  I’ll be traveling in a third-world country and don’t want to bring my
> MacBookPro.. I was thinking I’d buy one of those $400 deals for Internet,
> email, and word processing... Does anyone have experience with one of these
> devices.... Any recommendations?
> Thanks in advance,
> Cynthia Roderick
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