A bit more like it.

[Ric Moore]

On Tue, 2007-01-30 at 07:09 -0800, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> Matthew Carpenter wrote:
> > On Tuesday 30 January 2007 06:57, David Bandel wrote:
> >> On 1/29/07, Tony Alfrey <tonyalfrey at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >>> David Bandel wrote:
> >>>> On 1/29/07, Bill Campbell <linux-sxs at celestial.com> wrote:
> >>>>> On Mon, Jan 29, 2007, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> >>>>>> On Monday 29 January 2007 11:31 am, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> >>>>>>> I personally do not like Dell, but for those who do:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/e510_nseries?c=us&c
> >>>>>>> s =19&l=en&s=dhs
> >>>>>> It strikes me that if they offer no support on the box, that they've
> >>>>>> dramatically reduced their overall costs on this thing.  Therefore,
> >>>>>> they should be nearly giving the thing away.  This is a no-risk move.
> >>>>>> They tell their marketing guys to post the web page.  If they sell
> >>>>>> six boxes, they covered their investment to compose the page.  The
> >>>>>> rest is gravy.
> >>>>> Now if they would provide laptops with eraser button mouse pads :-).
> >>>> This is the main reason I buy Dell laptops -- the nice Synaptics
> >>>> touchpad.  I hate the erasers -- too hard to use.  (Ugh - me vi, you
> >>>> emacs - ugh).
> >>>>
> >>>> Ciao,
> >>>>
> >>>> David A. Bandel
> >>> I did not see any laptops on that page  ;-)
> >> No, and don't hold your breath on that any time soon.  I can buy
> >> systems without an OS.  You can't buy a laptop that way because you
> >> can't buy a laptop as a barebones system and put it together yourself.
> >>  So expect to pay the "Bill Tax" on them for a very long time yet.
> > 
> > If the Dell name isn't the issue:
> > http://system76.com/
> 
> Hmmm. . .  I think I just found my next machine.

God, Tony. You just have it made. You get to sail the big boats when you
want, got a bad woman that hasn't murdered you in your sleep and you're
getting a new lappy! It just doesn't get any better than that, you are
my shining example of a happy geek. 

I aspire to accomplish that within my lifetime. I have had all three
attributes, at one point or another, but not at all the same time. Next
thing you know, ole Tony will be also given the accolade "International
Man of Mystery" and then I'll just go and shoot myself. Thankfully, the
Llama isn't going to give up the title any time soon. I'm spared,
4now. :) Ric 
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