[Liverpool] Laptop Recomendations

[Vladimir]

I would suggest Apple Mac to him in this case.
The brand is "cool" and so should appeal to a young person.
And the OS - is not Windows, but still Unix family :)

.v

2009/12/10 aidan mcguire <aidan at scraperwiki.com>

> 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>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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