On 2 Dec 2011, at 18:34, Walter Reed wrote: > I have used the Acer Aspire One Netbook for a couple of years and really > enjoy it (£150 with Linpus from Dabs) > > I noted that eBuyer had some 10" netbooks for about £190 a week ago. > > I have used Ubuntu -11.04 Netbook release and now have 11.10 working fine.
Had a couple of less than pleasant experiences with Acer in the past. Nice when they worked, but getting some hardware faults fixed under warranty was a bit of a PITA. > To me it seems such better value all round than an expensive tablet. Not > faultless (netbook and me) but always had good support here and online. A tablet and netbook/laptop have very different use cases for me... ideally I'd have both :-) For those who are curious I ordered an N1 last night (as pointed out by Terry Coles) - we'll see how it shapes up when it gets here. Cheers, Adrian -- http://quietstars.com [email protected] twitter.com/adrianh t. +44 (0)7752 419080 skype adrianjohnhoward del.icio.us/adrianh -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-12-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:[email protected] How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
