Re: [Dorset] Netbook recommendations? (Mark Elkins)
On 3 Dec 2011, at 08:04, Terry Coles wrote: On Saturday 03 Dec 2011 06:16:22 Adrian Howard wrote: For those who are curious I ordered an N1 last night (as pointed out by Terry Coles) - we'll see how it shapes up when it gets here. Gulp ;-) I'll feel really guilty if anything goes wrong :-) Pretty much worked out of the box :-) Huzzah! Running pretty hot, and the trackpad scrolling isn't working - but that's likely fixable with some tweakage. Adrian -- http://quietstars.com adri...@quietstars.com twitter.com/adrianh t. +44 (0)7752 419080 skype adrianjohnhoward del.icio.us/adrianh -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-12-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Netbook recommendations? (Mark Elkins)
On Saturday 03 Dec 2011 06:16:22 Adrian Howard wrote: For those who are curious I ordered an N1 last night (as pointed out by Terry Coles) - we'll see how it shapes up when it gets here. Gulp ;-) I'll feel really guilty if anything goes wrong :-) -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-12-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Netbook recommendations? (Mark Elkins)
On 03/12/11 06:16, Adrian Howard wrote: For those who are curious I ordered an N1 last night (as pointed out by Terry Coles) - we'll see how it shapes up when it gets here. Well, as far as I can see there's nothing, either morally or legally, to stop you from firing it up with live CD of some description to see what's what in terms of compatibility. As long as you are careful with the packaging (a) who's to know and (b) what harm's done if you find it's a complete 'mare and opt to return it? That said I very much doubt that it wll present any insurmountable issues; it's been a long time since I bought a bit of kit that was completely unsupported or unusable with Linux. Hope it works out, anyway. Sean -- music, film, comics, books, rants and drivel: www.funkygibbins.me.uk -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-12-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Netbook recommendations? (Mark Elkins)
On Saturday 03 Dec 2011 08:12:31 Sean Gibbins wrote: Well, as far as I can see there's nothing, either morally or legally, to stop you from firing it up with live CD of some description to see what's what in terms of compatibility. As long as you are careful with It would have to be a live USB stick; Netbooks don't have CD drives :-) the packaging (a) who's to know and (b) what harm's done if you find it's a complete 'mare and opt to return it? I didn't mention it before, but I think that Novatech's Customer Service is second to none, so I don't think there would be any issue there. I've bought loads of stuff from them and, on occasion, had to return some for one reason or another. Years ago I bought a motherboard, CPU and memory from them and found that it had problems that I could only put down to flaky memory. I can't remember the details, but I took it back to them and even though they couldn't find anything wrong with it, they refunded my money. When I bought the Netbook, it had a rather quiet Mic. I took it back and they replaced it, even though it worked OK for them (it may have been a Linux Driver issue at the time, because the replacement was a bit quiet too, although it seems OK these days. Even more recently, I bought a Draytech router, which worked fine for around 10-15 hrs, then it went slow. There was no question of repair or replacement being the only option; they refunded the money immediately because they didn't have another in stock. I think that even if they'd had one, they would probably have let me have a refund if I'd wanted it. It also helps that they're less than an hour's drive away. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-12-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Netbook recommendations? (Mark Elkins)
I'll back everything Terry said about Novatech. I visited the showroom and tried a live disk on a desktop machine with no problem (except the guy didn't known about 'live CD's!); bought the machine with extra HD only to find no drive connector on main board. No problem as we went back following week and they sorted everything out. Other equipment bought has arrived within 3 days, one on the following day! *C A Wills* /Powered by Linux Open Source Software/ On 03/12/11 09:10, Terry Coles wrote: On Saturday 03 Dec 2011 08:12:31 Sean Gibbins wrote: Well, as far as I can see there's nothing, either morally or legally, to stop you from firing it up with live CD of some description to see what's what in terms of compatibility. As long as you are careful with It would have to be a live USB stick; Netbooks don't have CD drives :-) the packaging (a) who's to know and (b) what harm's done if you find it's a complete 'mare and opt to return it? I didn't mention it before, but I think that Novatech's Customer Service is second to none, so I don't think there would be any issue there. I've bought loads of stuff from them and, on occasion, had to return some for one reason or another. Years ago I bought a motherboard, CPU and memory from them and found that it had problems that I could only put down to flaky memory. I can't remember the details, but I took it back to them and even though they couldn't find anything wrong with it, they refunded my money. When I bought the Netbook, it had a rather quiet Mic. I took it back and they replaced it, even though it worked OK for them (it may have been a Linux Driver issue at the time, because the replacement was a bit quiet too, although it seems OK these days. Even more recently, I bought a Draytech router, which worked fine for around 10-15 hrs, then it went slow. There was no question of repair or replacement being the only option; they refunded the money immediately because they didn't have another in stock. I think that even if they'd had one, they would probably have let me have a refund if I'd wanted it. It also helps that they're less than an hour's drive away. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-12-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Netbook recommendations? (Mark Elkins)
I have used the Acer Aspire One Netbook for a couple of years and really enjoy it (£150 with Linpus from Dabs) I noted that eBuyer had some 10 netbooks for about £190 a week ago. I have used Ubuntu -11.04 Netbook release and now have 11.10 working fine. To me it seems such better value all round than an expensive tablet. Not faultless (netbook and me) but always had good support here and online. Regards, Walter -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-12-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Netbook recommendations? (Mark Elkins)
On 2 Dec 2011, at 18:34, Walter Reed wrote: I have used the Acer Aspire One Netbook for a couple of years and really enjoy it (£150 with Linpus from Dabs) I noted that eBuyer had some 10 netbooks for about £190 a week ago. I have used Ubuntu -11.04 Netbook release and now have 11.10 working fine. Had a couple of less than pleasant experiences with Acer in the past. Nice when they worked, but getting some hardware faults fixed under warranty was a bit of a PITA. To me it seems such better value all round than an expensive tablet. Not faultless (netbook and me) but always had good support here and online. A tablet and netbook/laptop have very different use cases for me... ideally I'd have both :-) For those who are curious I ordered an N1 last night (as pointed out by Terry Coles) - we'll see how it shapes up when it gets here. Cheers, Adrian -- http://quietstars.com adri...@quietstars.com twitter.com/adrianh t. +44 (0)7752 419080 skype adrianjohnhoward del.icio.us/adrianh -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-12-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
