Re: laptop suggestions

From: Bob Tennent (BobT_at_cs.queensu.ca)
Date: 10/03/05 

Date: 3 Oct 2005 19:25:42 GMT

On 3 Oct 2005 19:20:27 GMT, Bob Tennent wrote:

> >> http://www.kingstoncomputerplanet.com/notebooks/?nid=28
> >
> > Thanks for the links - I checked them out and they're pretty much into
> > four figures (in dollars) - I'm thinking more like $500-700.
>
> For the second one, the dollars are Canadian (=0.86 $US). If you drop
> off the MS crap and go for a slower processor and smaller hard-drive,
> you can get a Widescreen Z71A for CA$1113 = US$957. At an American
> re-seller, you can probably do better. Google is your friend.

The ASUS list of US resellers of their configurable notebooks:

http://usa.asus.com/100/html/employment/NB_us.htm?prod=NB&ctry=US