I bought one of theri $499 Laptop specials last year. While they have a
bad reputation I have had no problems and love it also.
I only have dial up at home so used the El Cajon FREE WiFi until I found
an open net in my neighborhood.
I only use it late at night(after 10:00 PM) or early in the
morning(4:00 AM) so as to not rob bandwidth from whoever has it open.


TR>TW>I am quite Impressed with the progress of Acer since their Starting
TR>TW>reputstio norf Cheep at ANY Price(Pure Junk).
TR>TW>Imn fact in a recent "Consuler Reports" magazine pne
opf their Laptops
TR>TW>was rated as #2 following the Mac Laptops.


TR>TW>HP and Compaq were running a tight race for LAST Place.  :-)  :-)


TR>I recently bought a Dell. Got it for about a third of what they were priced
TR>prior to Thanksgiving. Its nice, I like it. I can take it with me on Saturda
TR>to work at one of my employers houses, where I'm pretty much just sitting al
TR>day, anyway. I have a USB 8 gig drive I keep all Fido archives on, and I
TR>download directly onto from where I get packets. That way I can download a
TR>packet just before I leave for work, and go through it there.


TR>It also has a highspeed InterNet port, and I got a router so I can get on th
TR>net with it. I've used it on the net a few times. It works great. I'm real
TR>happy with it. Next time I get jury duty I can take it down to the courthous
TR>with me. When I was on jury duty in December, a whole lot of people had
TR>laptops with them, and there are wall outlets in the reading rooms.





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