No offense to Acer, quality was good when they started and went downhill few years ago. They do have some good ones but it's far and between and you really have to do some research beforehand.
IMHO to the OP. Said these few years ago here in PLUG, personal best bet if price and durability is needed without the warranty are Business laptops: IBM: Thinkpad series Dell: Latitude series HP: elitebook series Sony: VIAO series Panasonic: Toughbook series - usually used in police cars. still expensive though even if used. These simply won't die and very sturdy. A plus is very good Linux support since the specs does not change much for several years in a specific model because of mandated business supportability and you usually get a bigger screen. You can probably buy 2 used lappies for 1 new netbook, the other one is your warranty if the other dies. Another thing, build quality and hardware in netbooks are usually suspect since these are price sensitive products... And the race to the bottom for manufacturers who can get them in bulk in China. regards, Andre | http://www.varon.ca On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 4:31 AM, eric rosel <[email protected]> wrote: I've had bad experience with Acer, I've gone through an Aspire 3620 and an Aspire One, both had fatal problems, both almost right after their respective warranties had expired. And now my ASUS Seashell Series just died on me, also after a year. The best laptop I've had was a Compaq Presario 2500 which did not die but was replaced because it was so old and had become relatively "slow" and heavy compared to the status quo. I had it for 5 years. Lenovo also makes sturdy lappies, I've had a u450p for a couple of years now, no problems with it. ...all of these lappies run Linux. HTH, -eric --- On Thu, 9/1/11, Erwin Olario <[email protected]> wrote: From: Erwin Olario <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [plug] Linux netbook To: "Michael Tinsay" <[email protected]>, "Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, September 1, 2011, 4:02 PM You should check out netbooks from MSI then. Not the best looking in the bunch, but they've got very sturdy machines and the technical support I got from their local distributor was surprisingly good. They put me in touch with their technical support group from Taiwan when I encountered issues with Linux and their laptop which eventually got resolved. I believe the eMachines brand of Acer targets the low-cost segment of the market and probably would not have the same quality or support you'd expect from the Acer brand. On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 3:34 PM, Michael Tinsay <[email protected]> wrote: I had a similar experience with Acer-brand laptops. Build quality is not really great. But so far, with these eMachines units I haven't received any report on major breakage. I read a report last year that says Asus laptops were best in terms of build quality. I have a sister who bought an Asus laptop last year. So far, I have not heard any complaint from her. --- mike t. From: Roberto Verzola <[email protected]> To: Michael Tinsay <[email protected]>; Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 2:45 PM Subject: Re: [plug] Linux netbook Hello Mike, it's been a long time... Ok, a check mark for eMachines too. Made by Acer, right? (or is it a different company, bought by Acer?) I bought an Acer laptop along time ago. It's screen hinge broke too soon... (bad design...). I hope Acer is better now. Thanks for the tip, and regards, Obet Michael Tinsay wrote: > HI Obet, > > In the office, we have a number of eMachines netbook (I forgot the > exact model no.) that we have Kubuntu 10.4 installed. They have been > in use for almost two years now without receiving any serious hardware > defect reports. Back then we got them for around 10k-12k, with no OS > installed. > > --- mike t. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Roberto Verzola <[email protected]> > *To:* Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List > <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Sunday, August 28, 2011 9:38 AM > *Subject:* [plug] Linux netbook > > Hello guys, > > I'm shopping (first-time buyer) for a netbook. I'll be using it > basically as server for 2, maybe later 3, cellphones that I use to > communicate with a network of farmers and farmer-trainers. It will run > Linux and my particular application, which is programmed in Python. (For > the curious, check out the tabloid Bulgar every Sunday, and look in the > inside pages for a tiny ad about a free primer on the system of rice > intensification.) > > My desktop, on which the application currently runs, is a small Compaq I > bought 2nd hand from HMR (P5, 768Mb of mem) running Kubuntu 8.4 and I'm > fine with it, so it seems most current specs will exceed my machine's. > My workhorse phone is a 2330c Nokia, which works somewhat (not > perfectly) with gnokii. > > My main priority is compatibility with Linux and reliability. I don't > want small things like keys that don't work or cracks on the screen > hinge, or a flaky USB port, etc. within a year or so after purchase. > > I'd appreciate advice from people who've used some of these netbooks, in > particular their quirks vis-a-vis Linux. The brands I've seen so far > include Neo, Asus, MSI, HP, Fujitsu, Samsung. Lenovo. I haven't made up > my mind. > > If you actually have a machine to recommend because of your great > experience with it, that would even be better. > > By the way: the low-end Samsung laser printer ML-2010 works fine with > Linux, but the machine itself had poor print quality. After two years > putting up with it, I shifted to a Brother HL-2140. It also works with > Linux, and has much better print quality than the Samsung. Its cartridge > also last longer. The HL also jams much less often than the ML. The HP > low-end laser was the worst in this regard(this was experience 3 years > back...). I've never seen a laser printer that rarely (not to mention > never) jams. Has anyone? > > If the thread due to this posting is off-topic, kindly drop me private > mail instead. > > Greetings to all, > > Obet Verzola > > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph -- Erwin Olario / / / / [email protected] || [email protected] / / / / +63917.894.6562 || +63922.894.6562 / / / / OpenPGP key: 3A93D56B / / / / 5D42 7CCB 8827 9046 1ACB 0B94 63A4 81CE 3A93 D56B -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
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