Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 19:46:04 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Toshiba Laptop Selection
In a message dated 7/12/2004 7:40:33 PM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > I can afford. I'm looking for a PII machine, in the 300-400mHz range, > > preferably not a heavyweight but fairly light/thin, maybe a 10.4" or 12" > LCD. > > Only Librettos with these specs would be the Libretto L1 through L5 series > that were sold in Japan. (see www.conics.net for Yahoo Auctions Japan > purchases for these items as well as www.ebay.com for the occassional L > series > that appears there) > > eg. > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=31561&item=3491458058&; > rd=1 > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=31561&item=3492355952&; > rd=1 > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3717&item=3492766810&; > rd=1 > > ---- > > Otherwise, what does she want? Light/small/expensive or heavy and cheap? > > For heavy & cheap, any of the Toshiba Satellite A series on sale at $899 > after > rebates or usually for ~$1000: > eg. > http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=313043&; > pfp=BROWSE > > ---- > > Unfortunately, all of the lightwieght, new laptops are expensive, so here, > you'll spend $1500-2200 easily. > > eg. Fujitsu P5000 $1500+ > http://webshop.fujitsupc.com/fpc/Ecommerce/buildseriesbean.do?series=P5 > > eg. Sony TR series $2200+ > > http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/USD/SY_Brow > seCatalog-Start;sid=U3XSGOH0RpnSQKEHaMXYE6769QtXBCFi7LQ=?CategoryName=cpu_VAI > ONotebookComputers_TRSeries&Dept=cpu_VAIONotebookComputers > > ---- > > Basically, for school, you'll want 1) CD-RW to burn backups of reports, etc. > 2) at least an Ethernet connection, but hopefully, either built-in WiFi > and/or > PCMCIA card for cheap WiFI card, 3) decent battery life of 3+ hours 4) a > decent > keyboard that she like typing on else cramps will happen and papers won't get > done. > > Other than that, really, anything will do fine. > > (Just avoid HP/Compaq's -- the worst in reliability ratings vs. else in the > 2003 PC Magazine and PC World User Reliability Surveys - see their websites > for > both.) > > Would not get a used notebook (unless it's a Toshiba Libretto, right? ,) > simply because everything takes up so much processing power nowadays, you > really will lose productivity on older, slower notebooks. > > (Yes, my L110 with Win98SE runs fine for the basics like email & WP, but > realistically, it's too slow to do anything else worth doing -- > presentations, > video editing & encoding, graphic editing, etc. -- all of which I do on my > desktop. Still, it's just the size for portable email and so forth...) > > Would not go below the screen size of these notebooks as smaller can be a > problem when you're doing long hours worth of work. Just a bit too small for > editing stuff hours on end sometimes on a tiny Libretto. > > --- > > d =) > Thanks, David, but as Neil surmised in his later email, I'm looking for a non-Libretto Toshiba laptop in the cheapo category. Current finances prevent consideration of $1000 (or anywhere near that!) laptops. I've been impressed with the ease of upgrading of my Libretto compared with a Sony Vaio I own, and the web site support Toshiba provides is far better than Sony. And I wholeheartedly agree, no Compaqs or HPs. My guess is my daughter will not require great processing power for the first couple of years. I'm still using my PII-366 Sony (albeit shade-tree upgraded) for my work and it handles spreadsheets, the occasional database, and AutoCAD-LT OK. Thanks for the input. Lee ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
