[Fsuk-manchester] Wanted: Netbook.... advice

[Tim Dobson]

Hi there,

In the next ten days or so I'm going to be buying a netbook - an ultra 
portable low-cost laptop new or second hand.
I hope you can give me some advice.

----

I'm looking for a machine[1] to use for on the road web browsing and a 
little bit of note taking, ideally already running GNU/Linux.

What do people think about:

## Asus EeePC[2] ##
Which versions are best? What do people dislike about them?

## Acer Aspire One[3] ##
Anyone have any experience with one?

## MSI Wind[4] ##
Anyone have any experience with one?

## XO-1[5] ##
The wild card - OLPC's brainchild - I think I would probably consider 
one of these -

## Gdium[6] ##
At FOSDEM last weekend leaflets were thrust into my hand about the 
Gdium.. looks a bit weedy and tied down to me... but it is using MIPS

 ## Something else? ##
I don't know much about what's on offer   - should I be looking at 
something else?
Ideally, I'd like to have a Lenovo Thinkpad x61 TS[7]... but at this 
moment in time, I can't justify the money and really need a machine /now/.
(I guess I should look at the Lenovo Ideapad S10[8])

----

Now would be a good time to announce the netbook/old laptop you are 
selling, the ebay auction you are watching or the other places that you 
think I should be looking.

thanks in advance!

Tim

References:
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_netbooks
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eee_PC
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspire_One
[4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSI_Wind_Netbook
[5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLPC_XO-1
[6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gdium
[7] 
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Lenovo-Thinkpad-X61T-Notebook-Tablet-PC.4340.0.html
[8] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenovo_IdeaPad_S10
--
www.tdobson.net
----
If each of us have one object, and we exchange them, then each of us
still has one object.
If each of us have one idea, and we exchange them, then each of us now
has two ideas.   -  George Bernard Shaw