On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 18:01:31 +0900, cc  ...
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>"Rafael Caetano" <rcaetano7@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> Seriously, I don't care much for brand names but of course quality
>> matters. The cheapest seems to be Sotec.
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>Most people I know that bought a lemon had sony notebooks.
>It depends if you want the computer only for Japan (any brand is the same,
>choose the options and colors) or in another country (in that case it's
>better to have a brand and model that exists there).
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>>The processor speed doesn't matter much.
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>In my experience (of user that understands nothing to technique) the
>processor speed is the only thing that matters.


Memory is more important. It doesn't matter how fast your cpu is, if your
computer runs out of RAM it has to use the disc more. Laptop discs are slow.






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"No country hides itself behind the paper screen of cultural elitism like Japan,
which, considering they've bought their entire civilisation from other people's
hand-me-downs, is a bit of a liberty."