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From: chris on 16 Jun 2008 05:03 Nemo wrote: > Nemo wrote: > >> All comments, alternative recommendations, and suggestions welcomed. > > I've found with the help of those who have commented on this and other > newsgroups, and mailing lists this: > http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?NNB-587 > which seems to tick all the boxes and be a very reasonable price. If it > breaks too quickly I can then afford to go looking again. The Eee would > have been perfect, as all she needs it for is Googlemail, web browsing > and a little word processing, but my daughter just couldn't get on with > the tiny screen. > Are you aware there's a new Eee, the 900/901? It has a 8.9" screen. Acer have one coming out soon (Acer One), which should be cheaper. BTW Dell also do laptops with ubuntu pre-installed: www.dell.co.uk/ubuntu
From: John Taylor on 16 Jun 2008 06:54 On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:03:01 +0100, chris wrote: > BTW Dell also do laptops with ubuntu pre-installed: > www.dell.co.uk/ubuntu I found that the Dell Linux prices were not that good, when compared to their Windows offerings. However, I gave them a phone call (use http:// www.saynoto0870.com/) and managed to haggle a good discount ! The machine has worked without any problems, and survived an Ubuntu upgrade with no problems. Regards JohnT
From: chris on 16 Jun 2008 07:15 John Taylor wrote: > On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:03:01 +0100, chris wrote: > >> BTW Dell also do laptops with ubuntu pre-installed: >> www.dell.co.uk/ubuntu > > I found that the Dell Linux prices were not that good, when compared to > their Windows offerings. However, I gave them a phone call (use http:// > www.saynoto0870.com/) and managed to haggle a good discount ! > That's true. I think it's a feature of Dell's customisation pricing scale, where the more you customise a machine's spec the more of a premium you pay over a pre-configured model. The linux offerings are more affected by this as the standard model is pretty basic and therefore needs a bit of customisation to get it to a useful spec. So, you don't pay the MS tax, but you do pay the Dell tax :-P
From: Nemo on 16 Jun 2008 12:39 chris wrote: > Are you aware there's a new Eee, the 900/901? It has a 8.9" screen. > Acer have one coming out soon (Acer One), which should be cheaper. > > BTW Dell also do laptops with ubuntu pre-installed: > www.dell.co.uk/ubuntu Screen's still a bit small, we've settled on 14" minimum, I'd prefer Slackware, I already know how to work that, so far I've found this which looks like being worth a try: http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?NNB-587 Unless any one knows anything to its detriment? -- Nemo "Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing vole"
From: Jim Price on 16 Jun 2008 13:51
Nemo wrote: > chris wrote: > >> Are you aware there's a new Eee, the 900/901? It has a 8.9" screen. >> Acer have one coming out soon (Acer One), which should be cheaper. >> >> BTW Dell also do laptops with ubuntu pre-installed: >> www.dell.co.uk/ubuntu > > Screen's still a bit small, we've settled on 14" minimum, I'd prefer > Slackware, I already know how to work that, so far I've found this > which looks like being worth a try: > http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?NNB-587 > Unless any one knows anything to its detriment? Detriment is in the eye of the beholder and all that, but I would go for something with better supported graphics that the SIS M672. I'm not saying they're unsupported, but Intel, Nvidia or ATI graphics would be better IME. At 14 inches something like the Acer Extensa 4220 might even match the budget, especially if you flog the soon-to-be-rare OEM XP licence to another Acer user. I'm waiting for the Aspire One myself as I've had enough of cheap laptops with too short a battery life. -- JimP |