I have been thinking of getting the Asus eeepc for my wife, who's only
use for a computer is email from her large number of siblings, and the
very occasional photo of assorted siblings offspring.
As I am not a geek but an end user the Asus makes sense.
Strong simple, they make good motherboards and laptops, reliable, and
comes with Linux
Cheap.
My reasons
Cheers Chris Thomas
On Mon, 2009-03-02 at 22:22 +1300, Aidan Gauland wrote:
> First: thanks for the quick responses.
>
> I'm begining to think that a netbook would be better than a full blown
> laptop (intended usage == intended usage of netbook). I've been reading the
> threads on this list about netbooks; I'm uncertain as to whether it really
> matters which one, when it's for someone who just wants to use it for very
> basic tasks (E-mail, web browsing, word processing, etc.). Can anyone help
> me
> there, or are the only CLUG people who've bought one the ones who know too
> much? ;)
>
> Being a hard-core computer geek becomes a problem when you need to think
> like a typical end-user. :)
>
> -Aidan
>
> wgsil...@ihug.co.nz wrote:
> > Could anyone here recommend a place in (or around) Christchurch that sells
> > laptops WITHOUT Windows (it doesn't matter if it comes with Linux or not).
> > I'm asking on behalf of someone who doesn't know what to look for when
> > shopping for a computer (I'm helping with that), and doesn't want to pay
> > for software that will never be used (i.e. Windows).
