[TriLUG] Advice on an ultra-light notebook

[Andrew Perrin]

Hmmm - will I ever live it down w/ my family if I buy an Apple?.... but it 
sure does look nice.

Andy

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Andrew J Perrin - andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu - http://perrin.socsci.unc.edu
Associate Professor of Sociology; Book Review Editor, _Social Forces_
University of North Carolina - CB#3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 USA



On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, David McDowell wrote:

> Welcome to the world of Apple, it's the 3 lb MacBook Air!
>
> http://www.apple.com/macbookair/
>
> enjoy,
> David
>
> On Jan 16, 2008 1:46 PM, Andrew Perrin <clists at perrin.socsci.unc.edu> wrote:
>> It's getting to be time to replace my laptop, which is currently a Sharp
>> Actius PC-MM10. I like it a lot - particularly its extremely light weight
>> and ease of carrying. However, battery life is poor.  Any advice? I need
>> it to run linux competently and preferably have built-in both ethernet and
>> wi-fi. Built-in bluetooth would be a plus, but not an important one. Very
>> light and good battery life are the most important.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Andy
>>
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>> Andrew J Perrin - andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu - http://perrin.socsci.unc.edu
>> Associate Professor of Sociology; Book Review Editor, _Social Forces_
>> University of North Carolina - CB#3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 USA
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