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Limited choice
The laptop lemmings are all going the same way. I am a business traveller, working in an SME. Unfortunately my current notebook is coming to the end of its life. I need a laptop to make presentations, to communicate and carry out my daily work.
I want something not too heavy and quick. When the company buys me a notebook, it will be in the mid-range price bracket. I don't want to take the inevitable Vista performance hit you will get with a mid-range notebook and our IT manager doesn't want the uncertainty of Vista.
This takes out 70 per cent of the choice. I don't want a widescreen display because I will never watch DVD movies on it and it won't go in my briefcase. This leaves less than 5 per cent of the mid-range offerings. At the moment, this makes it easier to decide. Soon my only choice will be to grit my teeth and get a bigger bag.
Mike Jollands
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