[kwlug-disc] thanks to all who replied -- the new netbook was purchased

[john at netdirect.ca]

kwlug-disc-bounces at kwlug.org wrote on 06/29/2009 01:33:47 PM:
>   took the lady in question out on saturday to future shop -- not
> being a geek, she immediately gravitated towards the netbook that
> appealed to her aesthetically, the bright red one:
> 
> http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?
> logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0665000FS10119940&catid=28357
> 
>   perfectly respectable, 1G RAM, 160G HD, windows xp home, and it was
> the only one like that left so she took the demo off the shelf and got
> a 15% demo discount.  all in all, success, and i immediately loaded it
> up with openoffice.
> 
>   personally, i don't think i'd get another system without HDMI
> anymore, but that's just me.

That's a 3 cell battery model. That's one compromise to pay for XP.

What is she doing for AV and anti spyware? Has she bit that bullet yet or 
playing Russian roulette?



John Van Ostrand
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