[Liverpool] Laptop Recomendations

[aidan mcguire]

Off on a slight tangent but in a similar vein.

My 12 year old son is saving up his money to buy his own computer. He  
is doing this because he is fed up of the left over laptops I have  
given him over the years that are always setup with unbuntu. I am  
pretty sure he will want windows because he associates unbuntu  with  
these always slightly dodgy laptops (of course the reason I could  
justify giving them to him is they were dodgy or old)

I don't want to say "no way" as its his
Money and his choice but also don't want him wasting his money on a  
windows laptop.

He uses it predominantly for web based games (runescape for example)  
and homework.

Anyone - What should I do?

Understand if no one can advise.

Aidan

On 10 Dec 2009, at 17:12, oscillik <oscillik at gmail.com> wrote:

> I disagree with the recommendation of the Asus EeePC 10**HA for this  
> particular use. While this machine doesn't look too bad, and meets  
> most of the other requirements, the graphics capabilities of this  
> machine are quite subpar since it uses the Intel GMA 950 shared  
> memory graphics...It struggles to cope with anything more modern  
> than the GoldSource engine for games (that's the original Half-Life  
> engine to those who don't know). I would think that the 10**HA  
> wouldn't cope very well with The Sims 2 even with all settings at  
> low and at lowest resolution.
>
> The good things I can say about it - excellent battery life (i can  
> go for about 7-8 hours without a charge on mine), and the general  
> speed of the machine when not using graphics intensive applications.  
> also the keyboard is one of the best i've used in a portable machine  
> (but of course nothing can compare to my Psion netBook's keyboard)
>
> I'd totally agree with the thinkpad though - i STILL want one of  
> those machines.
>
> 2009/12/10 Tim Dobson <lists at tdobson.net>
> Well, two ideas.
>
> I'm surprised the eeepc 10**HA hasn't been recommended yet, I'd say  
> that
> probably fitted the bill and looks quite neat.
>
> Failing that, I'd say a second hand lenovo thinkpad which is a few  
> years
> old would also fit the bill and be highly recommended.
>
> I'd personally prefer a thinkpad, due to the indestructibility and
> indisputable quality of build, however, the eeepc would certainly look
> flashier....
>
> Tim
>
> Andrew Williams wrote:
> > It's christmas time and Jo is getting a new laptop for christmas  
> (she
> > already knew so i'm not spoiling the suprise). I've had a look  
> around Dell
> > but i'm still not sure.
> >
> > What shes looking for:
> >
> >  * Full or near full size keyboard
> >  * Decent screen resolution ( > 800x600 )
> >  * Something capable of playing some games (Sims 2)
> >
> > What i'm looking for:
> >
> >  * Hardware compatability with Linux (of course)
> >  * Price ~£500
> >
> > Any ideas? Or should I just stick with a Dell Studio?
> >
> >
> >
> >  
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