[BC] notebook suggestions

[Stevan A. White]

If it sprouts legs and walks away, as some do, maybe you won't cry as 
much when you go replace it with something a little better than the one 
that walked.  And, you should pick it up on sale at your favorite 
consumer electronics house.  That's what I did and I saved a ton of 
money by switching to Gateway.  :-)  

BTW, choices DO NOT INCLUDE Radio Shack.  You know, you've got 
questions, we've got dumb looks, messed up parts drawers, high priced 
and slightly out-of-date cell phones; and, very few batteries.

>  I buy what I recommend.
>  The cheapest machine that will run your most demanding application that
>  you can find, and plan on replacing it next year.
>  *Maybe* you won't have to replace it, but.....
>
>  Currently, I'm using a Gateway MX3228 for exactly that reason.
>  It replaced a Dell Inspiron 7000.
>
>  Not the "latest and greatest" but entirely adequate, and about 1/4 the
>  cost of the state of the art.
>