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

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Mon, 29 Jun 2009, john at netdirect.ca wrote:

> 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.

  i pointed that out but she was prepared to settle for that, given
that

1) it really did appeal to her sense of aesthetics, and
2) the 15% demo discount.

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

  she paid the extra $129 (ouch) for the installation and setup of
kaspersky AV, so i think she's safe.  and she immediately downloaded
the flock browser so she didn't have to deal with IE.  this system is
almost exclusively for surfing and social networking while on the road
so it's perfect for that.

rday
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