[kwlug disc.] looking for techie thoughts on laptops

[Khalid Baheyeldin]

Today's Staples flyer has the following

Compaq laptop 15.4", Athlon X2 dual core, 2GB, 160GB for $549
http://www.staples.ca/ENG/Catalog/cat_sku.asp?webid=752574&AffixedCode=WW

There is also a Celeron from Acer for $499.

No need to buy refurbished.

On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 1:27 PM, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:

> Why buy for that price celeron AND refurbished, when you can buy new for
> the same price?
>
>
> http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0665000FS10108457&catid=
>
>
> http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0665000FS10107468&catid=
>
> Laptops tend to break easier and not easy to replace parts, so the
> difference
> for a new one for warranty is worth it. Even buying extended warranty to
> cover a couple more years is worth it too. One battery replacement and it
> pays for itself.
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 1:05 PM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca>wrote:
>
>>
>>  not strictly speaking a linux question but, given the abundance of
>> HW expertise out there, i thought i'd ask, anyway.
>>
>>  a friend is sending her son off to college this fall, and needs to
>> get him a laptop.  i pointed her at tigerdirect.ca and told her to
>> poke around.  she came back asking about an acer celeron-based laptop
>> for $640. celeron.  gack.  so i suggested she check out a refurbished
>> gateway, of which i have a number and all of which have behaved pretty
>> well so far.
>>
>>  it appears that you can get pretty decent deals on refurbed gateways
>> these days.  i mean, there's this:
>>
>>
>> http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3945800&CatId=3444
>>
>>  and this:
>>
>>
>> http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3887566&CatId=2289
>>
>>  and if the son is willing to accept a smaller screen, this with
>> 64-bit AMD CPU:
>>
>>
>> http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3901460&CatId=1902
>>
>>  thoughts on, say, the tradeoff between an intel duo core, and an AMD
>> turion?  beyond that, getting at least 2G of RAM and at least 160G of
>> HD seems adequate.
>>
>> rday
>> --
>>
>>
>> ========================================================================
>> Robert P. J. Day
>> Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry:
>>    Have classroom, will lecture.
>>
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>
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