[SWLUG] recommendations for a netbook...

[Mark Summerfield]

On 2010-01-05, Jon Reynolds wrote:
> Did you get on in the end?

No, I'm now going to wait a few months to see how the new "slate"
computers work out...
 
> I have an Advent 4213 (I believe) and it runs Ubuntu brilliantly. At
> first there were some issues with the ATI graphics but only if I tried
> to run full screen apps, but this was on 9.04 (full desktop version).
> 
> Recently been using 9.10 netbook remix, which is rather funky,
> fullscreen problem seems resolved, but I think I will go back to a
> normal desktop version... we'll see.
> 
> My only gripe is that it didn't come with bluetooth.
> 
> Came with 160GB HDD and 1GB RAM... rather worried that they seem to be
> only 99 GBP at the mo... I paid 250GBP last year.
> 
> Jon Reynolds
> 
> On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 12:53:21PM +0000, Gerald Davies wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 09:52, Sam Radion <sam at samradion.co.uk> wrote:
> > > I have an eeepc (early model)
> >
> > 701?
> >
> > 901 is/was the daddy of netbooks IMHO. had hackability to go with it.
> > still love mine to bits and use it very regularly.  less so the 701,
> > but it depends on how packed my rucksack is :)
> >
> > the only thing to consider is size vs portability, unless you want to
> > run hackintosh distros (i think the Dell model was good for that.)
> >
> > the problem seems to be that netbooks are slowly becoming bog standard
> > cheap laptops... increasing in size, which is why i've stuck with the
> > 901 for so long.
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