> Hi Dan, > > Fancy that you brought this topic up. I know a poor sap that recently > bought > a PC laptop after owning Macs for a number of years. He doesn't know what > he > has done to screw himself. He justified it by saying that with a Sony Viao > you got more bang for the buck. This is the kind of guy that knows the > price > of everything but the value of nothing. > > However Sony, Dell and Lenovo all make excellent machines. The hardware is > first rate. What you can suggest to your friend is to install a version of > the Linux operating system called, "Ubuntu" on any of these machine. I > believe Dell already offer the option of an Ubuntu laptop. > > If someone gave me a PC laptop, this is what I would do. > > Bill > Montreal Ditto there, and I'd make sure it was an AMD machine, too :P I intend to avoid anything with an Intel, "Macs" included. Still 100% PPC here.. Eric W.