Looking for Laptop around $600.00

Yes, it's a good value at that price. I'm not saying it's "spectacular"
or that you can't do better (with a lot of shopping and, most
importantly, a lot of patience), but it's an Intel Core Duo CPU with (in
most of the configurations offered) a DVD burner, reasonable memory
(usually 512MB, sometimes a gigabyte) and a reasonable hard drive
(usually 80GB, sometimes 100 or 120) for $599, and sometimes with other
things thrown in (such as a printer or wireless router or software).
It's a better than average deal, and certainly a better laptop than some
of the junk that's being sold now for $399 and $499, with Celeron class
processors and "combo" optical drives that will read DVDs but won't burn
them. Also, I'm pretty sure (but not absolutely certain) that the M115
can support Vista "Aero Glass" (in Vista Home Premium), which some
(many, actually) of the low cost laptops can't (note, I think it will
support it, but only after you increase the memory to a gigabyte if it
comes with less).

Also note that Toshiba (and also Dell) have been supplying Windows XP
Media Center (MCE) instead of Windows XP Home in some of their laptops
(including most configurations of this model, the M115). That's really
significant, because not only is MCE quite a lot better than XP Home,
but with XP Home you have to pay about $40 to $60 for an upgrade to the
crappy Vista Home Basic, while with MCE, you get the dramatically better
Vista Home Premium free (in both cases, a shipping charge (typically $10
to $15) may also apply). Between the differences in XP Home vs. MCE and
the differences in Vista Home Basic vs. Vista Home Premium, plus the
fact that you have to pay for the Home Basic upgrade while the Home
Premium upgrade is free, the difference in the Operating System may by
itself be worth close to $200.

 

Let's see now. Your calling him a "XXXXING IDIOT" was what then? It sure
looks insulting to me, but then possibly you wouldn't feel insulted if some
one called you the same thing. I don't think so.

The way you worded this, it was ridicule, pure and simple.

Those quotation marks are yours, not mine and that Tom, makes the comment,
by any standard ridicule.

And no, Tom, I wouldn't be upset at the "Dellbot" if one of the "Dellbot"
group emailed me privately, because it would have been my own fault for
posting my email address to a Usenet news group(particularly this one). I
would be very upset at my self, and rightly so

The best way for you put this topic to rest is to stop making excuses for
yourself and others who insult, ridicule and swear in posts to this group.

 

How long are we going to drag this topic out?

Personally Irene I agree with you about the use of profanity (tho I
doubt the next generation does). However if I recall Tom did
apologize earlier and admit it was due to frustration. I don't know
if I would have used the same language but I would definitely have
gotten close to it when faced with the same idiotic excuses.

And no offense Tom but I think NOW is a good time to start using a
FAKE email address in your newgroup postings.

Life is too short now... lets move on to the next topic.

 

Some how, based on your posts, I doubt that you would post the kind of
profanity as that used by Tom, and others in this group. Enough said on
that.

Couldn't agree with you more regarding your other points.

Did you read my comment to Tom on how to best accomplish moving on?

Regarding your last point, I am considerably less than computer
knowledgeable, but I did learn very early on(the hard way, by getting
flooded with spam) that one MUST use a "FAKE" email address when posting to
newsgroups. It is sad that one must do that or face the consequences, but it
is none the less a necessity.

Irene

 

Thank you.

No, is it in this thread or another post?

 

Please clean up your language.

 

You really should deal with this off-group. Also, there is the delete
key if you get unwanted e-mail which is a simple solution.

 

Ah yes -- but flame wars are a tradition on Usenet, and for the people
that didn't get their angst out while they were teens, this is another
chance to relive that.

 

This thread. My reader shows a date time of 11/28 and
7:00 PM

Here is the "meat" of it:

"The best way for you put this topic to rest is to stop making excuses for
yourself and others who insult, ridicule and swear in posts to this group."

 

Amen !

 

Journey -

With all due respect, I suggest you go back on your meds.

Seriously.

Notan

 

Journey,

It's not your place to give me direction. You have no clue what happened or
why I did this. I don't appreciate your interfering. As far as I am
concerned, the newsgroup was a better place without you.

 

Some of these people are just like the Christian Evangelicals... Placing
themselves where they're not wanted, trying to instill their own values
on everyone else.

To those who are offended by foul language, I suggest you go elsewhere.

And to help you get there, **** **** ****.

Notan

 

LOL you crack me up. You should take responsibility for your vulgar
language, and for creating a flame-war thread. Tsk Tsk Tsk...

 

P.S. -- "TOM -- get a grip" (isn't it ironic...)

 

I've brought more to this newsgroup than you, Irene and Barry ever will
combined.

Your lengthy posts about what computers you've bought and returned got old.

Go back wherever you were. You don't have any right to lecture me.

 

Ok, got it. Thanks for finding it for me.

Regards...

 

Not quite - with all due respect, your demand that people not curse is
censorship, no more & no less. It would be nice if no one ever said
anything which irked other posters, but that's not a realistic real
world possibility. I vote against censorship. AFAIK I haven't cursed in
this NG, but other people are certainly free to express themselves and I
reserve the right to curse if sufficiently provoked.

 

If you hang around this group long enough, you will find that Tom and his
ilk take responsible for very little that they do or cause. That is unless
you have already figured it out. >g<

 

"Demand"

Please show me where I "Demand"ed anything.

Requested, asked for, encouraged, wished for, all yes.

Demanded or even expected. Not hardly.