Buying a New Laptop

[Jim Herrmann]

Based on this comment, and Christofer's comment, now I'm back to the ASUS.
I can get it from Micro Center, shrink the Windows partition, see how the
Linux install goes, and if it doesn't go well, return it.  All with no
shipping hassles.  Sounds like a plan.

On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Jason D. Clinton <me at jasonclinton.com>wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 10:45, Jim Herrmann <kclug at itdepends.com> wrote:
>
>> Shit.  None of this is easy.  The ASUS looks like almost the same machine
>> for $250 less.
>>
>> http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0355914
>> http://www.system76.com/product_info.php?cPath=28&products_id=113
>>
>> Although the System76 has the matte finish and Li-Polymer battery.
>>
>
> All laptop batteries are the same, chemically. We're still a ways off from
> new kinds of LiIon technologies. There's really only a handful of lithium
> cell makers in the world of consumer electronics. The only deviations are in
> their shapes.
>
>
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