[Chester LUG] Netbook Suggestions

[Paul Williams]

I'm very happy with my eeepc904ha.  Slightly smaller screen than the 1000h (8.9 inches as opposed to 10.2), but you wanted sub 300!  I paid about 270 for it in april and another 30 for a ram upgrade.  Keyboard was  your sticking point - this one is 90% of a full size laptop.  Having had a 700 series (same keyboard as the 901ish you mentioned), I can reall appreciate the larger keyboard of the 904ha.

Paul


> From: iamseawolf at gmail.com
> To: relay at wrexham-lug.org; chester at mailman.lug.org.uk; liverpool at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 22:54:52 +0000
> Subject: [Chester LUG] Netbook Suggestions
> 
> Hi All -- (and the admins that had to approve this email)
> 
> Following Wrexham LUGs meet earlier s'evening and being the only one out of 
> the half dozen or so there that didn't have a n*book, I've decided to put my 
> money where my boredom is.
> 
> Has any one any suggestions/recommendations for a Linux-friendly netbook? I'm 
> looking at sub-£300 and have seen a 10" MSI Wind for <£275 delivered. Has 
> anyone had any good or bad experiences with this model? For the stats freaks, 
> it has an Atom N270 @ 1.6GHz, 1GB RAM, 160GB SATA, Intel 945GSE graphics, 
> wired + wireless, bluetooth, webcam, card reader & a case, in the box.
> 
> A couple of other points:
>   --  I've seen the post a little while ago on LivLugList (has a ring to it!) 
> recommending the Eee 9's, but agree the keyboards are a bit wee; I'm against 
> Dell out of principle that their desktops are pants and, as noted at WrxLUG: 
> Bombay.
>   --  I'm not fussy distro-wise as hopefully it'll give me a chance to hop 
> about a bit! Might even try to get a refund on whatever OS it happens to come 
> with it :)
> 
> Go ahead punks, make my Christmas Day...
> 
> Cheers
> Ben
 		 	   		  
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