Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] my brother wants a new "battleship" laptop with a blu-ray ROM in it; Vaio, HP, Dell, or something else?

[Jonathan King <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Indeed. Without giving too much information, it's fair to say that my
brother is also very massive. :-)

Anyway, he ended up going with the Vaio, which I think will be more
than adequate for his needs. And, with any luck, I will get to score
his old notebook to use as a more than adequate Ubuntu box.

jking

On 11/22/09, Vern Green <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> They actually make a very good product, my friend bought one, they are
> really taking huge advantage of the niche market of highperformance laptops.
> They are really complete desktop replacements.
>
> They are not for small people who don't want to carry around a lot of
> weight, those things are massive.
>
> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Jonathan King
> <EMAIL:PROTECTED>wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Vern Green <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
>> > Jonathan,
>> >
>> > For high performing computers with all the gusto, you really should take
>> a
>> > look at this company as well. You won't find too many that outperform.
>> >
>> > http://www.sagernotebook.com/product_customed.php?pid=218647
>>
>> Interesting, but as I pointed out, he doesn't need high performance,
>> and these are fairly expensive, but obviously no compromises whatever
>> with respect to performance. Also, my brother is Mr. Brandname. Let's
>> just not get into that.
>>
>> But meanwhile...Sager? That company from the late 80s and early 90s?
>> Could it be...yes! The same company! It's rare that a small-time
>> player can stick around in this industry for anything like that long.
>> I am impressed.
>>
>> jking
>>
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