Notebooks on Linux

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 07:42:28PM -0200, Renata Rocha wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 19:25, Lennart Sorensen
> <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 
> > Certainly much heavier than the netbooks.
> 
> Almost 10% of my weight :)

5.5 pounds better not be 10% of your weight.

> > What you apparently want is an ideapad U150 (11.6") or U350 (13.3"),
> > which lenovo has, but in the US.  They don't currently seem to offer
> > them in canada (even though they describe them and mention they exist).
> >
> > http://shop.lenovo.com/us/notebooks/ideapad/u-series
> 
> Looks really nice
> 
> > They are available with proper Core 2 Duo CPUs, so they are real
> > notebooks.
> >
> > Example specs of one U150:
> > http://www.laptopspec.net/2009/11/lenovo-ideapad-u150-690969u-blacksky-star/
> > Lenovo IdeaPad U150 Laptop Technical Details:
> >
> > Now if only they would sell it in Canada (bastards).  I wonder if they
> > don't have a "french" version yet, and hence are not allowed to sell it
> > or something stupid like that.  Or maybe they just don't want to.
> 
> Wouldn't it be ok to ship to someone in the US and bring to Canada?

I imagine so.  You would probably have to pay tax on it at the border,
but you would pay that if you ordered it from lenovo canada too.

> Or just scream on the phone "I WANT IT DELIVERED TO ME!!! IM SO CLOSE!"

I wonder what happens if you call lenovo canada and ask about it.

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