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M.Blackmore wrote: > On Tue, 2006-07-18 at 12:42 +0100, Ben Goodger wrote: > > >> >> >> I plan to get my new computer from them tomorrow, yay. I >> > > 35% discount?? Hmmm. Methinks I need to see what they are offering then. > > What time does it start on the 19th (tomorrow)? > > I've been mooching about looking for a laptop - primarily to escape the > study and being tied to a desk, so I can moodle about downstairs or in > the garden whilst stopping the preschoolers murdering each other etc. > > Dell are offering me a good discount on a 6400 with upgraded graphics, > disk and ram, probably not going to push them harder down their discount > ladder methinks. > > But not totally convinced by reviews of 6400 - keyboard sogginess is > mentioned in a couple, and I'm a v. fast 100wpm touchtypist so thats > important issue, as is screen quality for not so good anymore eyesight > (age is a terrible thing and some seem to last the course better than > others, suspect I'm going to be one of the also rans...). > > I have a Lattitude 6100 and they screen is pretty good but the native resolution is something like 1400x1050. I can't say I've found any laptop though that you can really touch type on, although saying that I can type nearly as fast on the laptop as I can on a normal keyboard now I've got used to it. > Given what ebuyer will have on offer, what would people plunk for a > couple of laptops? Something a bit pokier with core duo for me (image > editing etc.) and something more modest for her and the kids - lighter > for real laptopping, decent performance for web browsing, email and net > radio listening, document editing professionally for her. > I'm not convinced that eBuyer would offer a 35% discount on EVERYTHING. More like *selected* items though. IIRC thought the e-mail they were sending out mentioned that they had laptops from about £349. Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html