Re: [GTALUG] cheap netbook: Lenovo IdeaPad 1

On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 04:21:41PM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > Lenovo.com is reputable. Sure, some things are imperfect (like > delivery dates). > > All mailings from them should include methods of unsubscribing. I > trust such links for companies I trust. Yes a clearance model

Re: [GTALUG] cheap netbook: Lenovo IdeaPad 1

| From: Slackrat via talk | Leave That baby alone. | | It seems to be a scam to get your email address. | | I ordered one when someone posted he deal a few months back | | I Got lots of emails about it "shipping soon" but it never came. | | At least they never tried to charge my account for

Re: [GTALUG] cheap netbook: Lenovo IdeaPad 1

William Park via talk writes: > > Yeah, but builtin keyboard, screen, case, UPS, wifi, eMMC. > --- > Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Leave That baby alone. It seems to be a scam to get your email address. I ordered one when someone posted he deal a few months back I Got lots of

Re: [GTALUG] cheap netbook: Lenovo IdeaPad 1

On 2022-06-15 22:40, Stewart C. Russell via talk wrote: On 2022-06-15 14:46, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: This is probably more cost-effective than a Raspberry Pi 4 if the display and keyboard are useful. And at least you can get one of these. Well, you could: the Lenovo site is

Re: [GTALUG] cheap netbook: Lenovo IdeaPad 1

On 2022-06-15 14:46, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: This is probably more cost-effective than a Raspberry Pi 4 if the display and keyboard are useful. And at least you can get one of these. Well, you could: the Lenovo site is showing "unavailable" It might be a little slower than a

Re: [GTALUG] cheap netbook: Lenovo IdeaPad 1

| From: William Park via talk | I see $179.99, and it's cheaper than Chromebook! OS is "Windows 11 Home S | Mode". Windows 11s is just Windows with training wheels. You should be able to trivially turn it into Windows 11. Certainly that was true of Win 10s. Perhaps machines delivered with

Re: [GTALUG] cheap netbook: Lenovo IdeaPad 1

I see $179.99, and it's cheaper than Chromebook! OS is "Windows 11 Home S Mode". Can you install Linux on the machine? On 2022-06-15 14:46, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: We were talking about cheap netbooks for Linux last night. This one is on sale from Lenovo for $180. New; free

[GTALUG] cheap netbook: Lenovo IdeaPad 1

We were talking about cheap netbooks for Linux last night. This one is on sale from Lenovo for $180. New; free shipping. I'm in some kind of club with Lenovo that gets me this for $175. Lenovo