If I had money to burn, I’d get a laptop tomorrow. :’) When I got a different position, I considered rolling right out and getting something actually made in this century, and had I done so, I’d still be paying it off, no doubt about it. If I get an under $300 (probably a netbook, although I’ve seen a cheap standard sized laptop for not much more, maybe I should look for that link) I won’t owe on it, and will only use it when I go somewhere.
Then I think, if I ever do go back to one of western Michigan’s fine selection of beaches ever again, the last thing I should be doing is surfing the web.
Mobile phones with web have zero appeal, and it’s not just the dinky screens. All of them just plain suck. I want a mobile phone because it’s a phone and it’s mobile. And that’s it. My ancestors got here via horseback, horsedrawn, and boats on the river, before telephones, and around here, before telegraphs I suppose.
I’m not promoting this laptop or any but here’s one for $350 that’s better than a netbook: http://www.staples.com/HP-g6-1b60us-15.6-Laptop/product_332976
It can’t have the 6480G graphics, as per the specs. 6480G is with the new Llano APU.
With all the new CPUs and APUs coming out, there should soon be some good sales on the old stuff. Maybe.