[ale] Notebook Recommendations?

[James P. Kinney III]

I picked up an Acer dual core Turion a few months back for ~ $600. The
next iteration is out for the same price but only single core thanks to
the system now having Vista home basic.
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On Sun, 2007-07-15 at 21:36 -0400, David Tomaschik wrote:
> I'm currently looking for a new notebook computer, but as a college 
> student, I'm trying to keep costs down.  I'm probably going to dual-boot 
> it for a few Windows apps, but it'll mostly run Ubuntu.  My current 
> notebook is a 9.5 lb behemoth, and at times, it and a few books in my 
> Targus backpack can kill my back, so I'm looking for something a little 
> lighter.  Basically I'm looking to find the price/power/weight 
> sweetspot.  Anyone have any recommendations on brands/models?  I'd like 
> to stick to around $1000, if possible.  I'd actually been looking at an 
> Apple which could tri-boot with bootcamp, but that has a large "brand 
> name tax" with it.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> David
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