[SWLUG] recommendations for a netbook...

[Kris Zani]

i have an advent 4211c which i bought in pcworld or currys
think it was quite a bit less than 300.

had to install ubuntu on it myself but i love it

not exactly silent but pretty quiet.  decent battery life.  built in 
webcam etc

had some issues with the wifi in previous versions of ubuntu but it 
seems to work ok at the moment.

its the same as an msi wind (apparently) but with a rebrand which means you
can by a massive battery for it, the battery physically sticks out of 
the bottom but it gives something like
6-10 hours of life.

dont forget you will need a usb cdrom drive for any netbook as they 
never have one built in



Mark Summerfield wrote:
> On 2009-12-18, Gerald Davies wrote:
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>> On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 09:18, Mark Summerfield <mark at qtrac.eu> wrote:
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>>> Thanks to all those who replied... I'll now go round the shops and
>>> actually try some out (esp. the Acer Aspire & the NC10).
>>>       
>> unless it's a present why not wait until after xmas? they might be
>> having pre-xmas sales these days though, but hey ho.
>>     
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> yo, I only mentioned _trying_ 'em, ... I'll probably buy at the end of
> the hols:-)
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