Hey John,
I work for Dicksmith, and we have couple of Acer One netbook's in stock.
If you want to see if it runs your favorite distro, you can pop into my
store on Manchester Street anytime during weekend with the Linux distro
that you want to run, and we can see if it runs or if it gives any
issues. We do have other pc's with net access so if needed we can
download patches or lookup information.
We will create the recovery DVD's before hand so that we can back M$
Windows XP back to the netbook if it doesn't go well. That we can share
that information with the rest of the group.
If you need anything else, let me know!
Navdeep Sidhu
John Carter wrote:
I have totally given up trying to buy a laptop.
You have to buy Windows and the continuous "M$ftOwnsOurSoul company
recommends Windows Vista(TM)" bleat ruins any joy I'd get from the
thing.
But I have just noticed Bruce Perens has one of these Acer Aspire One
Linux netbooks.
That guy plays even harder "Open Source" ball than I do, so I'm
sitting up and interested in these things...
Anyone have one of these gadgets? (Or equivalent)
Where did you get it from / price?
I'm trying to decrease the fierce and rather disruptive competition
for multimedia devices amongst my kids.... is it fast enough of
streaming media / mount DVD on Big Grunty desktop DVD drive and view
via wireless (or USB 8Gb pen drive) on netbook?
Any opinions on these (or similar) things from those who have one?
John Carter Phone : (64)(3) 358 6639
Tait Electronics Fax : (64)(3) 359 4632
PO Box 1645 Christchurch Email : [email protected]
New Zealand
