Netbook

[schweinsty]

Looking to get a netbook soon-ish to supplement my use of Rodney (which cost a grand total of $568 and is not in the best of health). Anyone have any recs?

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[februaryfour]

Not a fan of netbooks--for a little more, you can buy a decent laptop. ^_^;

[schweinsty]

True. I'm looking around at the laptops, but I'm really attracted by the size/weight right now - my back problems have been bothering me quite a bit this year, and I'm interested in something very easily portable. They have some smaller laptops for just a bit more, though...

[februaryfour]

I bought my Lenovo Thinkpad X220 for $800 using the shareholder's purchase program (www.lenovo.com/spp and they DON'T check if you actually are a shareholder.) That was October 2010--I'm sure you can get better for less

[schweinsty]

Oh, cool :D. I will definitely look into that. I was hoping for something under $400, but I may have to rethink that.

[februaryfour]

If you can stretch to $500, you can definitely get an actual laptop and not a netbook, and it'll last you a lot longer before you need a new one because the old one is too slow or is falling apart. ^_^

[schweinsty]

Unfortunately, between the looming medical bills and a new, accelerated timeframe for having to buy my own car (and car insurance. Why is adulting so expensive?), I probably can't. I'll definitely be doing some more shopping around, though, before I settle on anything. :).

[februaryfour]

URGH, that sucks. *hugs* Good luck!

[schweinsty]

*hugs back* Thanks <3