[Ilugc] [offtopic] Netbook purchase
Ashok Gautham
I narrowed down to
Asus EeePC 1000HE - 22k
Samsung N120 -
Samsung NC310 - $399
I was still kind of saddened by the fact that none of the above offer
a CD/DVD drive. I read online that that was the very purpose of
calling it a netbook. But I felt that the cd drive is going to be a a very
essential feature. There was then the latest Asus offering,
http://www.asus.com/news.aspx?N_ID=9CEa2w4Lz1370Mvz
I can max out on 30K. I need 160Gig of HD space, 2 Gig of RAM
and full Linux compatibility. I plan to install Arch/Fedora on it the very
day I buy it.
Is there another alternative. ie. A very compact USB DVDcombo that
comes in at around 2-3K so that I can go in for the NC120 that I actually
love at the moment.
Also
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001G17L18?tag=epb-20&camp=211493&creative=379989&linkCode=op1&creativeASIN=B001G17L18&adid=01VG638XDTC98F6B2G7V&
I looks a little pricey and does not advertise a CD/DVD reader. But it does
give an XP downgrade CD. So It might have one. Also, how is its Linux
compatibility
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Ashok `ScriptDevil` Gautham
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varadarajan narayanan
>
> I was still kind of saddened by the fact that none of the above offer
> a CD/DVD drive. I read online that that was the very purpose of
> calling it a netbook. But I felt that the cd drive is going to be a a very
> essential feature.
Hi !
Netbook by definition is for basic tasks like browsing ,e-mail and
net-centric functions. If you want cd/dvd and also a huge HD the you
should go for regular notebooks. Netbook is not notebook.
And Notebooks with small screen sizes like 12' have always been priceier.
There is nothing to be sad about netbooks and in fact you should be happy
that netbooks put MS is a fix and gave exposure to Linux and open source .
And soon Netbooks will be based on ARM processors and Android operating
systems which will make them nothing but a glorified cell phone !
Cheers
Varadarajan
Karanbir Singh
> I was still kind of saddened by the fact that none of the above offer
> a CD/DVD drive. I read online that that was the very purpose of
> calling it a netbook. But I felt that the cd drive is going to be a a very
> essential feature.
Just my 2c worth... I've had as my portable a HP TC4400 for about 2years
and a bit. It came with an external USB dvd-rw drive that I've never
used. Its still in its packing.
My 'other' Laptop, mostly to do r&d and play around with, reinstall
things often and use as a demo machine is an Acer Ferrari 4005, its been
with me about 3 years and a bit. It came with a built in dvdrw, After 2
months of having the laptop, I removed it and replaced it with a similar
red coloured blank. It worked out to roughly about 8% longer battery
life ( even though I never used it, it was still consuming power ). I've
never got around to replacing that drive back into the machine.
So, what do you think you will miss the optical media interface for on a
portable ?
- KB
Kapil Hari Paranjape
On Fri, 08 May 2009, Ashok Gautham wrote:
> I narrowed down to
> Asus EeePC 1000HE - 22k
> Samsung N120 -
> Samsung NC310 - $399
As far as I know none of these come with GNU/Linux pre-installed and
so it is a bit sad to see that you have narrowed down to these!
Regards,
Kapil.
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Ashok Gautham
> As far as I know none of these come with GNU/Linux pre-installed and
> so it is a bit sad to see that you have narrowed down to these!
laptops below
offer too. I guess I can say "NO OS" and get a 2K-3K rebate... FreeDOS is what
they may install :P
Actually, the situation has changed quite a bit. My budget went up by 10K :D
(Thanks Mom!)
My current choices are
1) Lenovo Thinkpad Y450 - 418398U
2) HP Pavillion DV2
3) HP Pavillion DV4tse
4) Dell Studio15 <- Does this have a huge touchpad problem. A friend
of mine said if that has been resolved, this is the best
5) HP Probook 4510s
6) Acer Aspire 6930
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Ashok `ScriptDevil` Gautham
pavithran
>
> As far as I know none of these come with GNU/Linux pre-installed and
> so it is a bit sad to see that you have narrowed down to these!
>
> On a related note M$ is pushing the hardware companies quite hard to gain
the market share in netbooks
check out
http://digg.com/linux_unix/Microsoft_strikes_back_at_Linux_netbook_push
Regards,
Pavithran
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www.pavithran.org
Sri Ram
> As far as I know none of these come with GNU/Linux pre-installed and
> so it is a bit sad to see that you have narrowed down to these!
>
Dell Mini Netbooks are pre-installed with ubuntu.
See the following links:
http://www.dell.com/home/netbooks
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Regards
Sriram B
Kapil Hari Paranjape
On Thu, 04 Jun 2009, Sri Ram wrote:
> > As far as I know none of these come with GNU/Linux pre-installed and
> > so it is a bit sad to see that you have narrowed down to these!
>
> Dell Mini Netbooks are pre-installed with ubuntu.
> See the following links:
>
> http://www.dell.com/home/netbooks
>
> http://www.ubuntumini.com/
Unfortunately, these options are not offered by Dell in India.
On http://www.dell.co.in/ I could not find any option of choosing
Ubuntu pre-installed.
Kapil.
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Arun SAG
> >Unfortunately, these options are not offered by Dell in India.
>
> >On http://www.dell.co.in/ I could not find any option of choosing
> >Ubuntu pre-installed.
>
> >Kapil.
> --
>
Inspiron mini 12 is shipped with ubuntu i guess (is it a netbook?)
http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/laptop-inspiron-12?c=in&cs=indhs1&l=en&s=dhs
yes i agree with you, we indians are not provided with options :(
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A computer is like air conditioning: it becomes useless when you open
windows.
<-Fighting 4 Freedom->
Aanjhan R
> Unfortunately, these options are not offered by Dell in India.
>
> On http://www.dell.co.in/ I could not find any option of choosing
> Ubuntu pre-installed.
I think Dell recently announced the Dell Latitude 2100 netbook in
India which has the option of chosing Ubuntu as the pre-installed OS.
wkr,
A
varadarajan narayanan
varadarajan narayanan
Kapil Hari Paranjape
On Fri, 05 Jun 2009, varadarajan narayanan wrote:
> http://www.berkeleylug.com/?p=168
That's a bit too far from Chennai to be placing orders!
A local vendor who appears to be friendly to GNU/Linux is
zxyware --- www.zxyware.com. At least the web site runs drupal!
I also recall that they used to have the early HCL Edubuntu
based netbooks. (Not available anymore!)
Regards,
Kapil.
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Ashok Gautham
> Hello,
>
> On Fri, 05 Jun 2009, varadarajan narayanan wrote:
>> http://www.berkeleylug.com/?p=168
>
> That's a bit too far from Chennai to be placing orders!
>
> A local vendor who appears to be friendly to GNU/Linux is
> zxyware --- www.zxyware.com. At least the web site runs drupal!
A small correction. It is zyxware.
And yeah. I am settling for an Acer Laptop (Not a netbook. I could
do with a little more power :D ). This comes pre-installed with Linux
and is being sold by a friend of a friend's father. Will post the details
soon!
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Ashok `ScriptDevil` Gautham