tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17238356.post5680101782659738143..comments2023-04-23T21:12:50.223-05:00Comments on Chad W Smith's Home online: How seriously should we take Moore's Law?Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11483351385702092451noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17238356.post-61556694402192609592008-04-28T22:00:00.000-05:002008-04-28T22:00:00.000-05:00welll if you tell her to shoot for a laptop there ...welll if you tell her to shoot for a laptop there is www.system76.com that sell preconfigured ubuntu laptops desktops and servers.... Im seriouly thinking about buying one of the highend everex laptops or a system76 <BR/><BR/>btw this is cb88 from the GP32x forum :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17238356.post-65099648574756895652008-03-27T17:22:00.000-05:002008-03-27T17:22:00.000-05:00A laptop might be a better idea for her if she tra...A laptop might be a better idea for her if she travels. Not to mention the compactness of one and the anywhere-in-the-house ability. I've been pushing laptops lately when people ask, lol.<BR/><BR/>I also wouldn't be surprised to find next year's $300 computer to be more powerful than this year's $600 one!<BR/><BR/>Maybe you could ask her what she (thinks she) wants and find her something as cheap as possible, showing her she doesn't have to double costs to get what she needs.makuahinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09766586408930972188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17238356.post-91134040776728562732008-03-27T16:05:00.000-05:002008-03-27T16:05:00.000-05:00Definitely tell her to save for a laptop. There's ...Definitely tell her to save for a laptop. There's a marked difference in usefulness for the average user in a laptop. And her needs are also easily served by a laptop.<BR/><BR/>And she will probably need to save up to the $600 price-point in order to get a laptop that she can actually use. I say that because the Linux varieties that are being used on the eeePC and Cloudbook seem to have some peculiarities, especially in handling WiFi. That'll just be frustrating!<BR/><BR/>But I think the next year will see some pretty amazing developments at the low-end of laptops. And low-end just means not able to run the latest game. Compared to laptops five years ago, these are amazingly powerful computers.Tia Lobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04346807630628585265noreply@blogger.com