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Robert109 · Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 12:16 am Post subject: laptop??

looking at my pc Im wasting money on it needs to much, so I thought about a laptop but the problem is I have no idea what I should go for I have £400 to spend and I want linux to be my only os...so wat would you reccomend?

JanPihlgren · Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 5:11 am Post subject:

I get a Lenovo W701 last spring. This is a 17" laptop with 320 GB hd and 2GB RAM with possibility to expand to 16GB. I expand it to 8GB.
I also get an additional 500GB hd. I also get a dock.

I run Mandriva Linux 2010.2. I kept th Win7 on a 70GB partition, just because I need it for my membership in SeniorNet.

I also have installed VMware 7.1 and use it to test a lot of other OS, mainly different Linux OS.
For me it has been a good replacement for a PC/server.

The laptop is a litle bit heavy but it is possible to carry.
Here is a link to W701:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-75232

johnhudson · LXF regular Joined: Wed Aug 03, 2005 2:37 pm Posts: 778

You could get an Acer and wipe Windows but first copy the Acer documentation onto a CD or Flash drive.

Robert109 · Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 4:36 pm Post subject:

cheers ill have a look into them

Robert109 · Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 10:14 pm Post subject:

I had a look at the lenvo but its way out my price range of £400 lol
any acer model you would recomend also wat about on dreaded pc world refurbished or laptop direct?

dandnsmith · Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:44 am Post subject:

I think I remember reading about (and visiting the sited for) somebody selling laptops which don't have their original packaging intact - might have been Acer.
A google search might throw something up - but I always seem to get the parameters wrong.
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Bazza · Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 8:28 am Post subject:

Hi dandnsmith...

I think that was me when I got my S/H Acer Apsire One netbook...

> I think I remember reading about (and visiting the sited for) somebody
> selling laptops which don't have their original packaging intact - might
> have been Acer.

Here:-

http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/

They "specialise" in refurbished units...
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ajgreeny · Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 10:20 pm Post subject:

dandnsmith · Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 6:31 am Post subject:

Yes - that was the one.
Thanks for locating it - I thought it looked good at the time, but had already bought my netbook when I saw it.
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