On 7/27/2011 11:27 AM, Kramer, Jack wrote:
> Really though, if an ultralight is desired - why not an 11.6" Macbook Air?
> Light, powerful, pretty easy to use, and 5hr+ battery life.
Another option is you can get refurbished Dell E4200 laptops for around
the $600 range. I went this route myself for a laptop to travel with
because I was finding the netbook just didn't cut it. The only way I
could tell it wasn't new was the refurbished sticker on the bottom (and
compared to the new price for those, it's a steal to get refurbished).
I think my price was $550 or so, but only came with 2G ram, so I
replaced the chip with a 4G chip for a total of 5G (1G built onto
motherboard), for a total cost of about $600. 128G SSD drive also. Not
as fast as a truly modern computer, but I'd guess 90% of the people out
there wouldn't notice. Weighs 2.5 pounds, and is actually 1 ounce less
than our 9" Dell netbook, and far more usable.
I'd seriously considered the Macbook Air route though but had held off
because of the price for what I wanted, I was planning on running
windows exclusively on the thing. :)
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> On 7/26/11 4:08 PM, "John Valenti"<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Pardon me for my dinosaur-ways, but I don't know anyone that is using a
>> tablet as their primary computer...
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>> I'm trying to advise an MSU retiree. Her XP laptop is getting creaky, she
>> is trying to decide how to replace it and wondering if a tablet might
>> work. It would basically be used for MSU email and web browsing.
>> (reserving the old laptop for word processing)
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>> Are there people that are using tablets as their main system, and what
>> limitations does that involve?
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>> I think she is drawn to the tablet due to the light weight and ease of
>> carrying around town.
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>> She spends some time in the UP, it is still a dialup world there ...
>> anyway to connect a modem to an iPad?
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>> thanks for any comments!
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