[clug] Notebooks (again)

[Geoff Smith]

Harris Tech (www.ht.com.au and a shop in Fyshwick), have IBM thinkpads 
(R series I think) going for $1549. This'd be the sort of thing you're 
looking for I think.

Geoff

Michael Carden wrote:
> I'm staring down the barrel of returning my employer's nice Centrino
> notebook when my employment ends in a few weeks, so I'm thinking of (gasp!)
> laying down the cash for a machine all my very own.
> 
> Someone (Mikal?) recently mentioned that IBM had Celeron machines with
> wireless etc in the $1.5 ~ 1.7k range, but my web searching seems to turn up
> prices about $1k higher than that. What have I missed?
> 
> I'm not after anything particularly fancy. In fact I'm even looking
> seriously at the entry level G4 iBook, though it does seem a wee bit pricey
> for it's small screen and relatively slow CPU. If I'm honest though, I doubt
> that I'll use it for anything that relies on a blindingly fast processor.
> 
> Yes, yes, I know... horses for courses... but I'd welcome suggestions for
> sensible notebooks under around $2k.
> 
> Ideally one that doesn't come bundled with XP and is known to be happy
> running Debian, but that's probably a pipe dream.
> 
> Thanks,
> MC
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