A few comments:<br><br>Generally anything you get for that price will be a netbook and/or a pretty cheap notebook. I can't see how you could spend $300 on a notebook (not netbook) and get anything resembling quality. I suppose there might be a door-crasher special that would be okay, but then you just have to take your chances. Acer computers tend to be EXTREMELY cheaply made.<br>
<br>A netbook would be fast enough for his needs, but the screen would probably be too small, either physically (all netbooks have 10" screens) or by resolution (pretty much all 1024x600).<br><br>Also, I don't know why you wrote "...Future Shop, and (Ugh) Best Buy", given that they're the same company since Best Buy bought Future Shop a few years ago. I thought everyone knew that.<br>
<br>Kevin<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Mike Pfaiffer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:high.res.mike@gmail.com">high.res.mike@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Merry Christmas and happy holidays (what ever works for you - you never<br>
know). ;-)<br>
<br>
My father had decided to look at a laptop. He wants to put his family<br>
tree program on it and take it for a trip out East this spring. He has<br>
seen me running Linux on my desktop for years and thinks he would like<br>
to give it a try on the laptop. Even in a dual-boot configuration. Being<br>
cheap (a typical Winnipegger) he is only willing to spend $200 -$300 for<br>
the machine. There are some "deals" in the advertising for Staples,<br>
Future Shop, and (Ugh) Best Buy. He is serious enough to risk going out<br>
on Boxing day (and this is from a guy who is afraid of crossing to the<br>
West side of the Red).<br>
<br>
The question is what are some good brands and locations to scope out?<br>
<br>
Later<br>
Mike<br>
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