laptops?

[C M Reinehr]

Doug,

On Fri 02 May 2008 11:27, Douglas J Hunley wrote:
> On Thursday 01 May 2008 21:46:09 James McDonald wrote:
> > Jerry McBride wrote:
> > > On Thursday 01 May 2008 07:44:44 pm Ken Moffat wrote:
> > >> Anyone have opinions on decent laptops for home and small business?
> > >> Need reliability without breaking the bank, not too bleeding edge.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks,
> > >> Ken
> > >
> > > Hey Ken,
> > >
> > > The Asus eeePC is wonderful...
> >
> > Actually the first models screen resolution isn't high enough according
> > to reviews meaning some dialogs buttons are outside the screen area.
> >
> > The size of the keyboard means that people with big fingers may feel
> > cramped. If people want desktop style functionality it may be best to
> > get a laptop with 14"+ screen
> >
> > The 4GB of solid state storage might not be enough for some people. (The
> > latest 8 GB model fixes both the above issues - I hear)
> >
> > I am actually a fan of the eeePC and hope to get one myself, but I've
> > spent a fair amount of time on YouTube watching product reviews from
> > several different sources to garner the above. It may pay to do the same
> > re laptop choices.
>
> My eldest has one, and youtube can go screw. the thing rocks!
>
> i'm told my hands are huge, and I can use it for hours on end w/o any
> issues. It took me something like 15 minutes to get back to 'par' with
> touch-typing.
>
> I've _never_ seen the dialogue issues described on the web either (nor has
> she).
>
> I did the same kind of research and was wary myself. In the end, it was
> what she wanted and was cheap enough that I was like 'well, it will be good
> enough for now, and a 'real' laptop can be bought for college' .. so I
> bought one. She uses it at school daily, transfers things to and fro it and
> her ppc-based mac mini constantly, and generally never puts the damn thing
> down for me to play with :)
>
> Works on my wired and wireless lans w/o issue, has no problems in any
> hotspots around town.
>
> The battery life is the _only_ thing she's complained of, so I bought her
> one of the newer ones so she has a second one to swap in and out. This is
> _not_ to knock the battery life, please don't take it that way. She just
> uses it too much :)

	Regarding battery life, are you saying that you bought a new, spare battery, 
or that you bought a new EeePC in order to have a spare battery? I seem to 
remember there not being any spare batteries for sale when I bought my EeePC 
when they first came out and I haven't looked recently to see if there were 
any available now.

Thanks,

cmr
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