[Gllug] Seeking some laptop advice

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2009/6/5 Christopher Hunter <cehunter at gb-x.org>:

> I wouldn't bother with Compaq - they're usually just re-badged things
> with a big mark-up and poor support (we had a couple at work, and had no
> end of problems with them).  I've got a couple of Acer Aspire netbooks
> (who really needs the number pad?), and they're superb once you put a
> proper Linux distro on them!

My experience* of the Acer midrange Aspires differs from this: They're
cheap enough, but have poor battery life and varying screen problems.
No-one reports anything positive about them. YMMV

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* 3 family members, 4 cow-orkers.
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