Comments on: Netbooks and Ignorance

By: matt

matt — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:53:28 +0000

replace complex with advanced, sorry…

By: matt

matt — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:52:11 +0000

Ha! Microsoft windows is more… Complex? Because their software is bigger then necessary… Not efficient. Ha, if you want to call that complex.

By: Kevin Lange

Kevin Lange — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:48:28 +0000

Dell Mini 9: In the US, all different configurations are available with Ubuntu for $50 less.
I’d really like to get one.

By: rawsausage

rawsausage — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:23:03 +0000

I have a supreme court decision paper that actually says that all OEM licenses are freely transferable. Artificial limitations to limit re-selling property are simply put illegal.

By: No'

No' — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:18:52 +0000

Jackflap: you dirty british-centric bastard ;o) (yes, it’s a big wink)

Dell does sell the shitty one here in France, too. 349 EUR for a 8G-Ubuntu and 399 EUR for a 16G-Windows.

By: Jackflap

Jackflap — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:54:38 +0000

They sell the Dell Mini 9 with 16GB, the better webcam and Ubuntu in the US. For some reason it’s only here in the uk they sell the shitty one.

I reckon call Dell up (or email, or do the chat support thingy) and bug someone to give you the higher end model with Ubuntu preinstalled, that would be my choice.

By: David Goodwin

David Goodwin — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:44:29 +0000

At the moment Amazon’s price for the Acer Aspire One (8gb SSD, 1.6ghz processor etc) Seems to fluctuate from between £175 inc. delivery to around £200.. depending on the lunar cycle (I guess).

Personally I’m tempted with the Aspire One.

My personal thoughts are :

a) Netbooks have to be cheap (<200 quid)

b) Netbooks have to be small (1024×768ish resolution is the max); “I” want something small and light – not a laptop!

c) Netbooks should have inbuilt 3g (which they don’t seem to yet )

David.

By: Pazzer1

Pazzer1 — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:30:38 +0000

Thanks. A great and heartening piece, well written. Sad aout PC World expertise/propaganda. You’d think they should understand ‘horses for courses’.. I have OSX XP & Vista pc’s but I’m writing this on my Linux Asus Eee.

By: juanfra684

juanfra684 — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:58:21 +0000

I use Intrepid in my Acer Aspire One (model with 1GB of RAM and HD of 120GB) and all work except the microphone ( https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-meta/+bug/289542 ).

If you don’t have patience, buy the model with 1GB of RAM, the installation is a torture.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 06:43:13 +0000

I just bought the MSI Wind with 160GB HD and I is great, except that

- I don’t need 160GB HD in a netbook
- I don’t need XP and the bundled software
- I want more battery life

So I will return it and wait for the EeePC 1000 ( not H or HA ).

It has twice the battery life.
Same size keyboard (95% of a normal keyboard)
40 GB SSD ( slow but very ROBUST and SILENT )

Problem is Asus does not yet sell this SSD Linux Version in Germany ;( .. but I can wait.