On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 10:45 AM, Jim Herrmann
<kclug@itdepends.com> wrote:
Shit. None of this is easy. The ASUS looks like almost the same machine for $250 less.Although the System76 has the matte finish and Li-Polymer battery. The ASUS, at that price has a 750GB drive (another $79 on the System76). However, the ASUS has Windows on it. A definite negative. :-)
Sheesh. I hope this discussion is helping others consider future purchases.
If the Windows machine is cheaper, get the Windows machine. There's no reason to pay more for what's essentially the "no OS" option (having Linux pre-installed is a convenience).
As for future purchases, if you can find a place that sells PC laptops with 16x10 displays, let me know. The only vendor I'm aware of that still offers them is Apple, hence why I only use Apple laptops (and would even were I running Windows or Linux exclusively).