I bought a TR3A notebook for school, too. The size and weight are just awesome! So great to have all my work with me all the time. The drawbacks I've noticed: 1) getting used to the small screen (i had a desktop with a 20" inch screen before this), and 2) the keyboard, which still feels a little cramped to me. But I'm getting used to it, and it's better than writing/taking notes on a palm pilot, which I also tried.
I got mine here: http://www.clearanceclub.com/cgi-bin/quelle_showroom.cgi?sku=84
Which was a pretty good price for what I got, I think (now someone's gonna come tell me I overpaid, I just know it!
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I'm a student looking for a LIGHTWEIGHT, SMALL notebook to replace my Dell Latitude C610. Does anyone have any suggestions? I need something with at least 40G hard drive, 512 RAM and I'd prefer it to have less than a 13 in screen. I'm looking at the Sony Vaio TR series. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

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