On 14 Jan 2012, at 23:13, James Forrester wrote: > On 14 January 2012 22:39, Michael Peel <[email protected]> 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. :-)
I haven't come across these before; can you send me some links to them please (or post links on-wiki)? They sound promising. Thanks, Mike _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
