[TriLUG] Advice on an ultra-light notebook

[Greg Brown]

No, you will convert them on by one.  My entire family (sister, brother in
law, nieces, nephews, parents and wife) are have switched.  I did back in
the early OS X days because, well, of OS X.

Greg

On Jan 16, 2008 2:18 PM, Andrew Perrin <clists at perrin.socsci.unc.edu> wrote:

> 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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>
>
> 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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> >> 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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