Dick Smith Colombo St had a Acer for $689 with Ubuntu 7.10 installed, it was there the week before last
Apparently it has wifi etc. all installed, the staff assured me it worked but when I asked for a demo of the wifi got blank looks from the staff there at the time (who seem to know very little about Linus) & didn't know the admin password etc. so I could do it myself It looked pretty good for the price but basically I just gave up and walked off cheers ...dave On 07/04/2008, stringer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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) > 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 > >
