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["Colleen McCarthy" <cmccarthy1 AT nc.rr.com>]

:)!  That should have been "Office Depot".  Colleen

 

Colleen McCarthy, BSMT, BSEE, MBA, PMP
(h) 460-0641

-----Original Message-----
From: DonBartholf AT aol.com [mailto:DonBartholf AT aol.com]
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 12:58 PM
To: cmccarthy1 AT nc.rr.com
Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Laptop Recommendations

In a message dated 3/7/05 11:47:45 AM Central Standard Time, cmccarthy1 AT nc.rr.com writes:

The guy
at Home Deport recommended

Well, I wouldn't go to Home Depot for a computer in the first place. My thoughts- thats a rock bottom price for a lab top. Video gobbles memory and if you plan on doing presentations I'd pop for the better video card. My eyes aren't what they use to be so I spend for a great display. I've had mixed thoughts on memory. 256K is the minimum you need, I'd see if you could double that. Find out now if that unit can fit more memory, otherwise its usefulness would be very limited. Lastly check around for information on that processor. Some are noted fro being power hogs and others for being very frugal. Makes a difference if you are working on a plane or away from power. Some units only last 2 hours or so. A great test of the unit is to use it to watch a movie. You can check out the screen and see how fast it sucks down the power.