On 14 January 2012 22:39, Michael Peel <michael.p...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm currently putting together a proposal for purchasing tech equipment to > support future events/activities at: > http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/2012_Event_Tech > Input on this would be very welcome - please edit the page directly, or leave > comments on the talk page. > > In particular, I'm going to recommend that we purchase a couple of laptops > this month, for volunteers to use at events/activities/when visiting the > office (the OTRS workshop last weekend highlighted the need for getting these > asap). Laptop recommendations would be much appreciated. The default option > at the moment is a standard cheap Asus 15"/1.5GHz/4GB/500GB machine, with the > pre-installed Windows wiped and Linux installed - but there must be better > low-cost laptop options out there than that...
What about Google Chromebooks? They're a little cheaper, but more importantly they're near-impossible to damage the OS (so you can hand them out at an event, get them back then "wipe" them). Also, no Windows tax. :-) J. -- James D. Forrester jdforres...@wikimedia.org | jdforres...@gmail.com [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]] _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
