ASUS Eee - deal you may know of

[William Muriithi]

Hi pals,

I am  a little bit in a fix. I am just through a 20 minute fsck fixing
a file system that was badly corrupt. This has been a norm for a
while, but has become so frequent of late I am feeling really relieved
after the laptop comes up again. The logs are full of hard disk errors
and the file system remounted read only one too many a time. In a
another word, this hard disk is in its last days.

That leave me with two options. Go out there and buy a new hard disk
and somehow have it installed in the laptop. I messed my last laptop
doing such repairs, though that time it was LCD which had failed. The
experience however make me feel I would rather someone do it. That
mean, by the time I am done with repair, $500 may be done.

That open up the second option, instead of repairing the current
system, how about picking one of those inexpensive laptop? I am sure
the life of this hard disk would be lengthened if its not switched on
every evening, so I would still have access to my data. This option is
looking really appealing and therefore the purpose of the post.

The way economy is going, one has to try and get as much value for
every dollar as possible. I have noticed people posting really good
computer deals in the past. Would anyone be aware of a current deal
involving ASUS EEE? Which model offer the best value for the money? I
am leaning toward the solid state disk to avoid my current pains in
the future.

Regards,

William
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