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Count DeMoney - 19 Jan 2008 20:02 GMT

I've been doing a lot of traveling lately and didn't want to buy an
expensive laptop. I was in the local Micro Center on Friday and wound
up buying an ASUS EEE mini PC for $349.00. They threw in a Canon
Pixma Printer / Scanner MP210 for free.

This thing is really neat. Less than 2 pounds with built in wireless
internet capability and enough other neat stuff to make me as happy as
a pig in you know what. It's small enough to tuck into the better
half's purse if we are traveling together.

I had it up and running and connected to my Linksys wireless network
in less than 15 minutes and also took it to the local coffee shop
(where I am right now typing this) and connected right up to their
WiFi without any problem at all. This thing is great!!!!

Here is a link to Best Buy's page on this item. I bought the "Surf"
version in black.

http://tinyurl.com/3yfkok

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someone@some.domain - 19 Jan 2008 20:19 GMT

>I've been doing a lot of traveling lately and didn't want to buy an
>expensive laptop. I was in the local Micro Center on Friday and wound
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>http://tinyurl.com/3yfkok

if you want to comparison shop....
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=AS-EPC-4SB

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Angry American - 19 Jan 2008 23:36 GMT

> I've been doing a lot of traveling lately and didn't want to buy an
> expensive laptop. I was in the local Micro Center on Friday and wound
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> http://tinyurl.com/3yfkok

Those are very cool, and much better than the 500 dollar laptop ilk that
most people are falling for now adays. Much more functionality without the
lack of quality. You would be amazed at how many people come into my store
wondering why that "bargain" laptop they got from Wal-Mart, bestbuy, etc
don't work worth a crap. Reason is very cheap electronics, badly engineered,
not enough horsepower, and using 2 year old technology to run Vista, combine
and mix and you get a very slow buggy computer that's lucky to last two
years.

Those Asus EEE machines are great ;-)

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Gernot Hassenpflug - 20 Jan 2008 13:03 GMT

>> I've been doing a lot of traveling lately and didn't want to buy an
>> expensive laptop. I was in the local Micro Center on Friday and wound
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> Those Asus EEE machines are great ;-)

Does anyone on this group have enough cash left over after the latest
kit purchases (on pre-order of course) to afford a Sony Vaio UX
series? I don't buy Sony if I can help it, but if you're looking for
something on the small side, this will be just about right. My
preference, as a free and open software person, is of course the Asus
EEE, but for business, well, you know how it goes...

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maiesm72@netscape.com - 20 Jan 2008 23:02 GMT

> >> I've been doing a lot of traveling lately and didn't want to buy an
> >> expensive laptop. I was in the local Micro Center on Friday and wound
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Anybody know where to get a good price for Publisher? I'm using a
Toshiba P205D-S7438 Satelite running Windows Vista. Very happy with
it, but I don't want to re-install my ten year old Publisher. The to-b-
processed pile of new modeling magazines pile up as I search. Aside
from the next book and the first ESM 72 annual I've added an
aftermarket decals database and databased the 7000+ volume library
database. Carrying around filecards in order to escape buying the same
magazine or book that I already have has become a pain.

TIA

Tom

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Mad-Modeller - 22 Jan 2008 04:14 GMT

> > >> I've been doing a lot of traveling lately and didn't want to buy an
> > >> expensive laptop. I was in the local Micro Center on Friday and wound
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> Tom

Funny how the mind no longer is elastic enough to carry all that data by
itself at our ages. ;]

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

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