[dba-Tech] Laptop Recommendation

Rocky,

I'm also looking and HP has a line with an AMD Mobile processor with a
$100 rebate.  As of last night you can get a basic machine for $750.

http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/computer_store/computer_serie
s_detail.do?series_name=ze4500_series&series_index=6&catLevel=2

If you just click that link and then the customize button, you will see
a machine for about $1050, but if times are tight you can start moving
options downwards, slower processor, less memory etc until you get to
$750.

It looks like a pretty nice machine.

John W. Colby 
www.ColbyConsulting.com

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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
- Beach Access Software
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 9:21 AM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Laptop Recommendation


Francisco:

Well, sorry, finally getting back to this thread.  I have two boys 7 &
14 and they share a machine right now - a rather pokey Celeron tower.
The big guy, Max, starts high school in September and it's time for him
to have a machine of his own.

He'll just be doing mostly word processing, email, and internet
research. Likes to play Starcraft on line but he can use the other box
for that.

Although I've resisted it (I work at home and DON'T WANT to be able to
work anywhere), I'm thinking a laptop would have some uses for me as
well as my wife, the writer.

So it's got to be powerful enough to do Access development, although
I'll only be using it when I travel which is not much.

The idea of the mobile chip is attractive because you can sit down in a
coffeehouse anywhere and be on the internet.  But I suppose you can just
get a PCMCIA Access Point and that will do the same thing?

Fry's was pushing the Sony Vaio the other day for about $1200 with 512mb
RAM, DVD, etc.

Dell looks like they've got some good deals now.

So that's the motivation and the needs.  What's everybody think?