[Deaf-lug] Laptops

[Fintan Gaughan]

Joe,

Its £200 what I remember last time and besides look at this ebay link
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150263085255

ouch giving it a miss

Fintan



2008/6/30 JGJones <mailinglist at gwallgofi.com>:
> It's about £100 or something. The price is actually for two laptop. You get
> just one, and it covers the cost of the 2nd one which is given away.
>
> Fintan Gaughan wrote:
>>
>> Ben I sooooo want this for my children, but at that price (you have to
>> buy 2 and give other 1 away) when you can get
>> other laptops for that price.
>>
>>
>> Fintan
>>
>>
>>
>> 2008/6/27 Ben Fletcher <enlightenedtux at googlemail.com>:
>>>
>>> OLPC
>>>
>>> http://laptop.org/
>>>
>>> If you get hold of one, you must write a review about it. :O)
>>>
>>> Everyone I've met who's got it, is absolutely loving it.
>>>
>>> I'm a Mac guy at the moment, 3 or 4 times the budget mentioned here.
>>>
>>> Have fun with the bonus, and good luck!
>>>
>>> Ben
>>>
>>> 2008/6/27 JGJones <mailinglist at gwallgofi.com>:
>>>>
>>>> Forgot to add....
>>>>
>>>> Alternatively...
>>>>
>>>> MSI Wind - 7th July in UK
>>>> Eee PC 901 - not sure of when it's out...sometime this month too.
>>>>
>>>> Both should be in same price bracket too.
>>>>
>>>> Fintan Gaughan wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Now that I got my bonus from work I want to treat myself to a laptop
>>>>> so I can take it to local LUG.
>>>>>
>>>>> problem is which to go for?
>>>>>
>>>>> Dell laptop are likley to be linux compatable and I have been fixing
>>>>> peoples high end laptops and before
>>>>> giving it back i run a live ubuntu distro and everything works.
>>>>>
>>>>> Shops wont let me run a live distro before I buy and beside being
>>>>> rural I always buy online.
>>>>>
>>>>> any recomendations?
>>>>>
>>>>> buget under £300 cheaper the better really. (if i get it any cheaper
>>>>> id like to get a nintendo wii )
>>>>>
>>>>> I dont do games (yeah i know nintendo wii but its for kids) , but like
>>>>> to watch mythtv or dvds from laptop
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Fintan
>>>>>
>>>>
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