On Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:58:15 you wrote: > So, I've got some money burning a hole in my pocket and I'm quite keen > on getting a netbook / small formfactor notebook. > > The big box retailers seem to have Acer Aspire Ones and some HP thing > on the shelves. I've heard less than complimentary things said about > HP's laptops and I'd prefer to stay away from them. Would you care to > recommend anywhere I should consider buying from and any hardware I > should consider? My preferences are for something that works with > Linux out of the box, reasonable RAM and excellent battery life. > > I'll most likely be removing any OS provided and replacing with some > flavour of Linux. An OS-free netbook seems to be hard to find but > would be preferred.
Here's a couple that were posted to the NZLUG list within the week; http://www.einfo.co.nz/shop/product_info.php?products_id=16925 http://www.einfo.co.nz/shop/product_info.php?products_id=16273 http://www.einfo.co.nz/shop/product_info.php?products_id=11904 I have no experience nor commercial interest, but those are certainly worth a look considering the lack of non-Windows-laptops available in NZ these days. hads -- http://nicegear.co.nz VoIP and Linux compatible hardware
