On Mon, April 7, 2008 12:55 pm, stringer wrote: > Hi guys 'n gals, > > I've got a little money spare at the moment so am looking at a cheap > laptop. > > Is there anything I should steer clear of? > > Mostly I do word processing and a little spreadsheeting (Open Office will > do) as well as email and browsing. > > I'm not sure whether to go wholly linux, or keep the Vista licence for > sundrys (like the multifuncion in the office which might not work under > linux). Can one still get a refund on an unused MS licence? > > Dick SMith advertised an Acer Aspire AS5315 for $798 less $149 cashback, > but none left at Riccarton yesterday (Celeron processor, 512 MB ram, 80 > Gig > HDD, 15.4" display, DVD multi drive Visto Home licence)
I think this might be the same machine that has recently been discussed at length on NZLUG - take a look at their archives. I think its wireless card is only usable via the ndiswrapper hack, which is less than desirable. See the archives for other stuff, and to check we ARE in fact talking about the same machine. > The guy tried to sell me the next model up for $1099 less $99 which had 1 > gig ram, twice the hard drive and a dual core processor. > They also had an Asus Z99LE at $999. Dual core 1 gig etc etc > > Dell have an Inspiron 1525 for $999 Dual core, 1 gig etc etc > > I don't need it for gaming or watching videos (though that would be nice > :-|) > > Perhaps a reasonable spec second hand one might be better value, but I'm > just unsure of ex lease laptops (battery life?? and limited guarantees cf > desktops which I can fix myself) > > Thoughts anyone? > D J H STRINGER > Barrister > > For all your legal work; > > P O Box 1386 > CHRISTCHURCH > NEW ZEALAND > > Phone 64 - 3 - 366 1152 > FAX 64 - 3 - 366 1151 > > -- Nick Rout
