[ale] netbooks - what is good with Linux?

[Edward Holcroft]

I have generally had good results with Acer. I also have an older Acer
3100, which is not really a netbook, but was one of the first
sub-compacts to get popularity (paid a fortune for it when I bought
it!). Again, things like camera, bluetooth and wifi worked out the
box, which is more than I can say of either Vista (bluetooth broken)
or Windows 7 (webcam broken) on this machine. Although I don't have
experience with the N450, Acer has always been a pretty good bet with
Linux in my exprience.

ed

On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 00:47, David Ritchie <deritchie at gmail.com> wrote:
> Heres the one that I was looking at MicroCenter
>
> http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0326168
>
> which is the Acer Aspire One - N450, 1 GB (expandable to 2GB), 160 GB
> hard drive...
>
> for $299, it is has a good feature mix.. seems relatively peppy under
> Windows, will
> taking in a USB stick to try it out under Linux next...
>
> The other option I am thinking about the Toshiba netbook loaded with
> OpenSolaris and Windows that Sun is pushing through their website...
> a bit more money though.
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