[SC.LUG] Recommended 'mini' laptop.

[Richard Smedley]

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speckledwood at aol.com wrote:
> Acer ones are still in comet with Linpus on from around £180, that 
> includes 1 gig of ram and either 120 hd or 16 gig ssd
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew Tolley <matthew at matthewtolley.co.uk>
> To: Roger Gibson <rcgibson at iee.org>; South Cheshire GNU/Linux Users 
> <sc at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Sent: Mon, 25 May 2009 15:25
> Subject: Re: [SC.LUG] Recommended 'mini' laptop.
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> I was in the local Staples yesterday and saw an Asus EeePC 900A for ?199 
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> with Intel Atom processor. 1GB RAM and 16GB SSD Hard Drive and a 
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> reassuring penguin next to it. It even comes with a 3 year manufacturer 
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> backed warranty, though Staples offer additional cover for ?69 which may 
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> or may not cover accidents or extend the warranty, you'd have to check.
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> Their SKU number is 397473, but it isn't on their website.
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> Sometimes absence from the website can indicate that the item is 
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> 'clearance', so as the salesman said, 'buy now to avoid disappointment'.
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> I hope this helps.
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> Roger Gibson wrote:
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> > I've20a birthday coming soon, and wondered whether folks think that the 
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> > 'mini' lap top scene has stabilised, and if there is now a consensus on 
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> > a short list of things to look at.  I need something small enough to 
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> > slip in a small brief case to take to meetings, easy to skip through 
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> > multi-page documents on, decent battery life, not needed for much than 
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> > (unfortunately) Windoze compatible documents, spreadsheets etc, web 
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> > browse and email.  But not as small as a blackberry type thing.  
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> > Possibility of touch typing with 'narrow fingers' an advantage.  I 
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> > prefer it to be cheap enough not to get too upset if I lose/drop it.  If 
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> > Bill Gates has ensured that Windoze XP is the cheapest option, I'll take 
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> > his money and dual boot, or over-install a Linux OS.
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> > Any favourites out there.  Roger.
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