Based on your recommendations Bob picked up a pristine (not a scratch, no signs of use whatsoever) Acer Aspire One. The netbook was for the seller's girlfriend, but she never used it. Bob loves it when people have fire sales in the local classifieds... though he felt a little sad for the seller when he saw an engagement ring as one of his sale items. OUCH!!!
Anywho, here are the specs: Aspire One D255-1268 Intel Atom N550 1GB DDR3 (expandable to 2GB for $20) 250GB HDD Windows 7 Starter 32-bit Manufactured 2010 Thanks for all the suggestions, right now Bob is downloading BT5R3... On Aug 25, 2012, at 1:17 PM, Arch Angel wrote: > I also wanted to mention that while its not been discussed for obvious > reasons the Aspire One that I have is currently running Windows 7. My son > needed a laptop that I wouldn't care if it got stolen or lost so I put > Windows 7 on it for kicks. It has an Atom N270 CPU dual core 1.60 ghz and 2 > GB RAM. Windows 7 doesn't have any issues. Just food for thought if you > ever have to dual boot or reuse it for something else. > > Robert > (arch3angel) > > On Aug 24, 2012 4:34 PM, "PJ McGarvey" <[email protected]> wrote: > Ergonomics are a big one here > > My eee 900 is small, and expandable, but for real hacking requiring lots of > typing at the terminal, the keyboard is too narrow and the keys are too > small, so you will be using backspace alot... > > My wife has an Aspire One (retired coworkers hacktop) which was great for her > school... the keyboard is much better for typing quickly, little wider screen > too which is nice. > > -PJ > > Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 21:53:34 +0200 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Pauldotcom] Netbook & Distro for Bob > > Funny thing, my friend's name is Bob, too! > He uses a now a little bit seasoned Asus eeePC 901. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asus_Eee_PC#Eee_900_series > The 13000mAh battery from Amazon extends the battery life to up to 10 hours. > An 802.11n capable Wifi card plus external antenna connector does the rest. > Not to mentione that BT5 runs quite reasonable on it. I recommend to run the > distro of your choice from an SD card though as the built in SSD is f....ing > slow. > > ...want more inspirations? The first page I came accross on Google: > http://beta.ivc.no/wiki/index.php/Eee_PC_Internal_Upgrades > > toomsec > > > > On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 4:19 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > My friend Bob is looking for a reasonably priced netbook with the following > qualities: > > -Wireless (with expansion capabilities in case Bob wants to do wireless > bridging, etc.) > -Hardware that plays well with Linux > -Decent battery life > -Durable (will spend most of its life bouncing around in a backpack with > other electronics) > > Bob was also wondering if there are any live distros out there that are > privacy-centric. He was hoping the OS he boots to would be anonymized every > time (randomized MACs, hostname, etc. and any other privacy countermeasures). > Sorry, I know Bob is pretty paranoid, I tell him so all the time... > > Bob would appreciate any advice or recommendations. Thanks! > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com > > > _______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: > http://pauldotcom.com > > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com
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