Doesn't have the sort of battery life I need, and Im really looking for something quite small :D<br><br>thankyou for the offer though.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Sean McRobbie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lug@seany.us">lug@seany.us</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">er, forgot to mention it seems 12" viewable from a tape measure, so about half way between a netbook and your usual laptop.<br>
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Regards,<br>
Sean McRobbie<br>
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To: "Tayside Linux User Group" <<a href="mailto:dundee@lists.lug.org.uk">dundee@lists.lug.org.uk</a>><br>
</div><div><div></div><div class="h5">Sent: Thursday, 25 June, 2009 16:20:12 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal<br>
Subject: Re: [dundee] Acer Aspire One<br>
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Hi,<br>
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Not quite a netbook but almost there... I have a fairly old Sony Vaio in my hands that I need to get rid of because I need the space.<br>
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- 1ghz P3 mobile<br>
- 256mb RAM<br>
- 6gb, 40gb or no hdd - you choose!<br>
- Docking station for DVD/CD-RW + Floppy (best discarded and using USB drives or wifi as the DVD drive is pretty rubbish)<br>
- Tested with Ubuntu & Debian Lenny. Comes with XP pro sticker on bottom.<br>
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All it needs is a new power brick ~£13 and it should be good to go. Haven't tested the battery recently but feel free to see and try the device to find out if its suitable for you. Add £35 for a brand new battery from eBay if you wish:<br>
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"SONY VAIO 19.5V 4.1A PCGA-AC19V3 AC ADAPTOR CHARGER UK" on eBay - £12.35<br>
"2600mAh Battery for SONY PCGA-BP2R PCG-R505 PCGA-BPZ52" on eBay - £35<br>
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Only problems with it I'd say are it isn't in the best condition cosmetics wise and the wifi card is only 802.11b (11mbps). I sucessfully upgraded the 2nd of these laptops (I have two) to a dual band a/b/g intel card.<br>
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Let me know what you think.<br>
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Regards,<br>
Sean McRobbie<br>
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From: "Nicholas Walker" <<a href="mailto:tel0seh@googlemail.com">tel0seh@googlemail.com</a>><br>
To: "Tayside Linux User Group" <<a href="mailto:dundee@lists.lug.org.uk">dundee@lists.lug.org.uk</a>><br>
Sent: Thursday, 25 June, 2009 15:56:48 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal<br>
Subject: Re: [dundee] Acer Aspire One<br>
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Yeah, but even that is an improvement on my laptop. Can you get the Aspire one *with* the extended battery or do you ahve to buy it as a further accessory?<br>
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On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 10:07 AM, Gary Short < <a href="mailto:gary@garyshort.org">gary@garyshort.org</a> > wrote:<br>
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You won’t get 7 hours out of the aspireOne without the extended life battery. You only get around 2.5 with the standard one.<br>
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From: <a href="mailto:dundee-bounces@lists.lug.org.uk">dundee-bounces@lists.lug.org.uk</a> [mailto: <a href="mailto:dundee-bounces@lists.lug.org.uk">dundee-bounces@lists.lug.org.uk</a> ] On Behalf Of Nicholas Walker<br>
Sent: 24 June 2009 01:19<br>
To: <a href="mailto:dundee@lists.lug.org.uk">dundee@lists.lug.org.uk</a><br>
Subject: [dundee] Acer Aspire One<br>
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I'm looking to get a hold of an Acer Aspire One either second hand or very cheap (money is rough at the moment)<br>
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I'm more leaning towards the HDD versions rather than the SSD versions as I need the space without faffing around with removable storage.<br>
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The main reasons I want this over somethign like a EEE are:<br>
- 7 hour battery life with a larger battery than the triple E's,<br>
- As far as I can see, no EEE has a HDD over an SSD<br>
- not much price difference between this and a EEE while still having compatability on par with the EEE.<br>
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however if anyone can suggest a better webbook for me I'd be interested, main cirteria being a large amount of storage coupled with long battery life. Im not that fussed about "huge" amounts of ram and such.<br>
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any suggestions of other webbooks or places I can get my mitts on a second hand one of these?<br>
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Nick Walker<br>
Vice President : The Linux Society<br>
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