Rob Benton wrote: > I was wondering what everyone's opinion was on a good quality laptop. I > bought a Dell desktop for my mom almost a year ago and it wasn't such a > good deal.
I agree. I had a Dell Inspiron 3000 and was utterly disappointed with the machine. > So any place that takes trade-ins is a plus. I'm not really > worried about compatibility with Linux since she'll only be using > Windows XP. I just got a 1.6 GHz IBM ThinkPad A31 for $500 at budcom.com (Budget Computers, SW 114th Ave and OR-10 and OR-217, Beaverton, Oregon). That's a much nicer machine, everything on it works, and I've even heard good things about Linux on them (though I haven't tried dual booting it yet). -- Paul Johnson Email and Instant Messenger (Jabber): [EMAIL PROTECTED] Got jabber? http://ursine.ca/Ursine:Jabber -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
