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

[Iain Roberts]

Hi Tim,

I've been using my Acer Aspire One happily for a few months.  Thinking about 
installing the Ubuntu netbook distro, but Linpus (based on Fedora 8) is fine.  
Everything works out of the box, wireless is excellent and screen is 
surprisingly good.  Doing power user stuff can be a bit of a pain - I still use 
my old laptop for some things.

Iain.

----- "Tim Dobson" <address@hidden> wrote:

> 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
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