RE: new computer and OS

["Stephen Martin" <swmartin () telus ! net>]

Gail,

I'm also looking into replacing my laptop (Toshiba A10) and would be very
interested if you would pass on any of the wisdom acquired in your search.
I love my Toshiba, but several of the NB shortcuts (esp involving function
keys) cause strange things to happen. I realize that some manufacturers
build their own shortcuts into their keyboards and so it would be good to
have a heads up on that.

I'm looking for something under $2,000 that has a decent battery life.

Any suggestions (I'll look into the Dell) would be greatly welcome.

Steve Martin.
Stephen.martin@kingsu.ca 

-----Original Message-----
From: notabene@piper.hamline.edu [mailto:notabene@piper.hamline.edu] On
Behalf Of Gail Labovitz
Sent: March 10, 2006 3:44 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list NOTABENE
Subject: new computer and OS

Dear all -

I just want to take a moment to thank those of you who responded to my note
about buying a new computer, and report back on what happened.  For several
reasons, including a nice academic discount, I decided to get the Dell XPS
M140.  This is the one with Windows XP Media Center as the OS.  After all of
two days (almost), so far so good...

Gail