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Shopping for a lean & mean notebook

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1/9/11 at 9:15pm
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Very anxious to hear ideas from the community as I attempt to find a replacement for my lean and mean Toshiba portege r100. If it weren't for the rediculous windows key and hefty price tag, I probably would have upgraded to their latest m750. In any case, here's a short list of what I'm hoping to find:

Thanks in advance for the ideas...


1 SSD storage (for fast boots)
2. 64bits
3. 1-2 lbs. (portability)
4. 12-13" screen (no tiny netbooks allowed)
5. 6 cell (or better?) Li-ion battery
6. No optical drive (keep it lean)
7. No built-in webcam (bloat!)

bonus points for...

- A port replicator, perhaps with extra goodies like a dvdrw
- A XGA display (I try to use my computer for things other than watching movies and playing games).
- No !@$%!#! windoze pre-installed
- No useless windoze key taking up valuable space on my keyboard
- Great support for a Free Software (I'm not talking about Ubuntu with every non-free propritary codec and other blob installed).

I'm not really concerned about cost as much as I am with portability, and speed.

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1/9/11 at 10:23pm
Off the top of my head, check out the Sony Vaio Z for the powerhouse option or the Apple Macbook Air for simplicity.
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