laptop suggestions?

[Stephen]

matt.price-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org wrote:
> hey folks,
>
> somehting's just killed the second hard drive in a row on my dell 
> latitude d820 -- i suspect either the constant overheating or a bug 
> with hard drive controllers in ubuntu 8.04/8.10 -- and i'm htinking it 
> might be worht just buying a new laptop instead of going through the 
> same drive nightmare another time.  has anyone bought a reasonably 
> proced, dual-core laptop with a half-decent battery life lately?  I 
> guess my preference would be for an asus or something without windows, 
> but if i have to pay the windows tax i will.  anyway:  any 
> suggestions?  i'm headed down to the states next week and thought i 
> might pick up something cheap.  thanks!
>
I suggest checking out MSI laptops. No MS tax. Mine is a year old, so I 
can't offer current info.

I recommend http://www.cnpcanada.com/

Call Steven and let him know what you are looking for.

Stephen
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