[Sussex] Acer laptops

[Simon Watson]

I've done OK with my Samsung NC10. Running Ubuntu 11.04 at the moment, with
Unity 2d and can't fault it.

On 23 June 2011 10:33, Desmond Armstrong <desmond.armstrong at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 23/06/11 10:20, aotley at gmail.com wrote:
>
>> I'm sure I can eventually get the wifi to work - it's not been a high
>>> priority for me - but regardless of how well it works (or not) with
>>> Linux, I would never buy another Acer.
>>>
>>
> Although I do get Acers to work they are always more hassle, mind you
> Toshiba and Samsung can be difficult too.
>
> And when asked I do simply specify Asus and simplyasus.com are one of the
> best.
>
> Just a note. My eee901 netbook is now 4 years and the battery still has
> plenty of life.
>
> On the Wi-Fi the Broadcom remains difficult. The Acer 5742z is listed as
> having either Atheros or Broadcom Wi-Fi and if you are unlucky and get the
> one with Broadcom then you are well advised to change the Wi-Fi device,
> ideally for an Intel but Atheros is fine. So my advice again, is go for
> ASUS, you won't regret it.
>
>
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