On Wed, 2008-06-11 at 08:58 -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > The college is offering packages starting at $1,399 (Dell Latitude D630) > and $1,499 (Lenoveo ThinkPad T61) all with 2GB memory, 10/100/1000 > Ethernet, Wireless, 1394 Port, Bluetooth, Vista 32Bit Business OS, > SmartCare/4in1 Media Card Reader and Microsoft Office 2007 Professional > pre-installed by certified technicians located on campus. Three year > warranty and 1GB Flash Drive thrown in. > > Money is tight, of course. If I were the student and there is a > modest-priced laptop with Debian and OpenOffice I'd take it in a flash. > I'm not the student, I'm his 79 year old grandfather and I don't want > him to start off at a disadvantage. There are certainly many college > students and recent grads that subscribe to this list. I would value > your insights. I've had extremely positive experiences with Budget Computers in the past. http://www.budcom.com/ They should be able to shave a few hundred to a thousand off those prices if you're willing to settle for two-years-ago's model. -- Paul Johnson baloo@ursine.ca
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